Locality 83 [St Lucia Fm] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (29.6° S, 30.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 15.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: St Lucia Formation, Late/Upper 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 IV based on ammonite biostratigraphy = Upper 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 82448: 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 - Collignoniceratidae
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) rarum, Gauthiericeras libertae, Gauthiericeras obesum, Gauthiericeras album, Gauthiericeras listeri
Peroniceras (Zuluiceras) rarum van Hoepen 1965 ammonite
Gauthiericeras libertae van Hoepen 1955 ammonite
Gauthiericeras obesum van Hoepen 1955 ammonite
Gauthiericeras album van Hoepen 1965 ammonite
Gauthiericeras listeri van Hoepen 1965 ammonite