Locality 14, on the Mfolozi River, St Lucia Fm, Zululand (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (28.5° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: St Lucia Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

• based on description in PBDB collection 66072 (section 20)

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger. 1979. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Gaudryceratidae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 31(2):121-174 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71008: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 14.04.2007, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

• focus on ammonites
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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia sp.2
Pterotrigonia sp.2 van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.2
Protocardia sp.2 Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.2
Teredo sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp.2
Neithea sp.2 Drouet 1824 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramidae indet.2
Inoceramidae indet.2 Giebel 1852 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
"Gaudryceratidae indet." = Gaudryceratinae2, "Vertebrites kayei" = Gaudryceras kayei
"Gaudryceratidae indet." = Gaudryceratinae2 Spath 1927 ammonite
"Vertebrites kayei" = Gaudryceras kayei Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Submortoniceras sp.2
Submortoniceras sp.2 Spath 1926 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Hauericeras sp.2
Hauericeras sp.2 de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Kossmaticeratidae indet.2, Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) karapadensis1
Kossmaticeratidae indet.2 Spath 1922 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp.2
Baculites sp.2 Lamarck 1799 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Didymoceras (Glyptoxoceras) sp.2, "Didymoceras (Didymoceras) schloenbachi" = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) schloenbachi2
Didymoceras (Glyptoxoceras) sp.2 Hyatt 1900 ammonite
"Didymoceras (Didymoceras) schloenbachi" = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) schloenbachi2 Favre 1869 ammonite
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.2
Serpulidae indet.2 Rafinesque 1835
1Kennedy and Klinger 1985; 2Klinger 1976