Locality 60 [St Lucia Fm] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (27.9° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° S, 18.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: St Lucia Formation, Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Probably from the St Lucia Fm, which regionally overlies the Mzinene Fm. AGE: Coniacian II = Middle Coniacian based on ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• 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

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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

Primary reference: H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1989. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Placenticeratidae Hyatt, 1900; with comments on the systematic position of the genus Hypengonoceras Spath, 1924. Annals of the South African Museum 98(9):241-408 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82454: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonites, but brachiopods, bivalves and gastropods are known from unit. NOMENCLATURE: From an authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia sp.
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras kaffrarium
Placenticeras kaffrarium Etheridge 1904 ammonite