Where: South Africa (28.0° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° S, 18.6° 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
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Kennedy & Klinger in 1970-1971; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors (W. Kennedy and H. Klinger) during 1970-1971. REPOSITORY: BMNH.
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 82442: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) zulu, Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) henniei, Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) modestum, Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) rarum, Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) undulatocarinatum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum, Gauthiericeras listeri, Gauthiericeras libertae, Gauthiericeras album
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) zulu van Hoepen 1965 ammonite
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) henniei van Hoepen 1965 ammonite
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) modestum van Hoepen 1965 ammonite
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) rarum van Hoepen 1965 ammonite
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) undulatocarinatum van Hoepen 1955 ammonite
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum Schlüter 1867 ammonite
Gauthiericeras listeri van Hoepen 1965 ammonite
Gauthiericeras libertae van Hoepen 1955 ammonite
Gauthiericeras album van Hoepen 1965 ammonite |