Locality 72 [St Lucia Fm] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (27.9° S, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° S, 18.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: St Lucia Formation, Middle Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the St Lucia Fm, which regionally overlies the Umzamba Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown bed and section thickness. AGE: Coniacian II-III based on ammonite biostratigraphy = Middle Coniacian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: No detailed environmental data reported in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, presumably with siltstone matrix based on lithologies of adjacent beds. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of facies descriptions from regionally dominant lithology, and figures from subsequent publications (e.g. Kennedy and Kinger 1977).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Kennedy & Klinger in 1970-1971

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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

Primary reference: H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1984. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite subfamily Peroniceratinae Hyatt, 1900. Annals of the South African Museum 92(3):1-294 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82440: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonites, though brachiopods, gastropods and bivalvia may be present though not covered in present taxonomic treatment. NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Kossmaticeratidae indet.2, Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jeletzkyi1, Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum1
Kossmaticeratidae indet.2 Spath 1922 ammonite
Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jeletzkyi1 Collignon 1965 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Peroniceras sp.2, "Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum" = Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum, "Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) cf. aberlei" = Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) westphalicum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei
Peroniceras sp.2 de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite
"Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum" = Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
"Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) cf. aberlei" = Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum Schlüter 1867 ammonite
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) westphalicum von Strombeck 1859 ammonite
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei Fallot 1885 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Proplacenticeras sp.2, Placenticeras kaffrarium3
Placenticeras kaffrarium3 Etheridge 1904 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites mesli2
Scaphites mesli2 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp.2
Baculites sp.2 Lamarck 1799 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Didymoceras (Didymoceras) indicum2
1Kennedy and Klinger 1985; 2Klinger 1976; 3Klinger and Kennedy 1989