Where: South Africa (29.9° S, 31.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 18.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Umzamba Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, though the Umzamba Fm is suggested. AGE: Santonian-Campanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. Possibly mixed, although biostratigraphic control is not great. A Campanian age is assigned by the enterer, although this may be refined subsequently. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, gray, green siltstone and poorly lithified, fine-grained, concretionary, glauconitic, pebbly, carbonaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion, original aragonite, original calcite, replaced with pyrite, replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector, possibly L.C. King. REPOSITORY: University of Natal Geology Dept, Durban.
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, E. G. Kauffman, and H. C. Klinger. 1973. Upper Cretaceous Invertebrate Faunas from Durban, South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa Transactions 76(2):95-111 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82729: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Phelopteria cf. caudigera Zittel 1866 pearl oyster | |
Chlamys (Chlamys) sp. Roding 1798 scallop
Chlamys (? Chlamys) capensis scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864 scallop | |
Inoceramus (Endocostea) quadrans, Inoceramus (Endocostea) aff. tenuilineatum, Inoceramus (Endocostea) mulleri, Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) pachti
Inoceramus (Endocostea) mulleri Petrascheck 1961 clam
Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) pachti Archanguelsky 1916 clam | |
Protocardia (Protocardia) aff. hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Pterotrigonia (? Pterotrigonia) sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
? Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute | |
Gyrodes terrellus moon snail | |
Diodora (? Diodora) sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Eupachydiscus sp. Spath 1922 ammonite | |
Hoplitoplacenticeras plasticum Paulcke 1906 ammonite | |
Anagaudryceras subsacya Marshall 1926 ammonite | |
Baculites cf. capensis Woods 1906 ammonite |