Where: South Africa (28.0° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° S, 7.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mzinene Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mzinene Fm, whch overlies the Aptian-Albian Makatini Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown bed or section thickness. AGE: Albian III. Tegoceras mosense/Aioloceras fauna. On the basis of the occurrence of T. gladiator in western Europe, this fauna corresponds to the interval comprising the Cleoniceras floridum Subzone of the Sonneratia chalensis Zone to the Protohoplites puzosianus Subzone of the Otohoplites auritiformis Zone of western Europe, the mid-mammillatum Zone of authors. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From beds within section of 6 m thickness.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion

Reposited in the BMNH, OUM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors (W. Kennedy and H. Klinger) during 1970-1971. REPOSITORY: BMNH.

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy and H.C. Klinger. 1977. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Phylloceratidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 27(5):347-380 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66073: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.09.2006, edited by Sabine Nürnberg and Matthew Clapham

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