Locality B [Alphard Gp] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Also known as TBD 4510

Where: South Africa (35.0° S, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° S, 1.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Alphard Group, Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed formation within the Alphard Group. AGE: Early Coniacian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From concretion exposed on seafloor surface.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, fine-grained, concretionary sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine-grained, well-sorted, relatively clean and mature quartz sand. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion, original aragonite

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: Marine Geosciences Unit, University of Cape Town. COLLECTOR: Marine Geosciences Unit, University of Cape Town.

Primary reference: H. C. Kinger and W., J. Kennedy. 1980. Upper Cretaceous ammonites and inoceramids from the off-shore Alphard Group of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 82(7):293-320 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82507: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonites, bivalves, and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications preservation permitting.
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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus frechi, Inoceramus (Inoceramus) ernsti
Inoceramus frechi Flegel 1905 clam