Locality 92 [St Lucia Fm] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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

• 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; 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 82443: 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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Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.3
Teredo sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet.3
Mytilidae indet.3 Rafinesque 1815 mussel
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramidae indet.3
Inoceramidae indet.3 Giebel 1852 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.3
Nautiloidea indet.3 Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jonesi1
Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jonesi1 Collignon 1965 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) subtricarinatum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) dravidicum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum, Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei, Forresteria sp.3, Forresteria (Forresteria) alluaudi2
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) bajuvaricum Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum Schlüter 1867 ammonite
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) lepeei Fallot 1885 ammonite
Forresteria sp.3 Reeside 1932 ammonite
Forresteria (Forresteria) alluaudi2 Boule et al. 1907 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Proplacenticeras sp.3, Placenticeras kaffrarium4
Placenticeras kaffrarium4 Etheridge 1904 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Pseudoxybeloceras sp.3
Pseudoxybeloceras sp.3 Wright and Matsumoto 1954 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp.3
Baculites sp.3 Lamarck 1799 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Allocrioceras sp.3
Allocrioceras sp.3 Spath 1926 ammonite
1Kennedy and Klinger 1985; 2Kennedy and Wright 1983; 3Klinger 1976; 4Klinger and Kennedy 1989