Locality 14, on the Mfolozi River, St Lucia Fm, Zululand: Campanian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Nostoceratidae
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Didymoceras (Didymoceras) schloenbachi
(Favre 1869)
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
| recombined as Nostoceras (Nostoceras) schloenbachi | ||||||||||
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Didymoceras (Glyptoxoceras) sp.
Hyatt 1900
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Collignoniceratidae
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Submortoniceras sp.
Spath 1926
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Hauericeras sp.
de Grossouvre 1894
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kossmaticeratidae
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Kossmaticeratidae indet.
Spath 1922
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) karapadensis
(Kossmat 1897)
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Kennedy and Klinger 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Gaudryceratidae indet.
Spath 1927
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Gaudryceratinae | ||||||||||
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Vertebrites kayei
(Forbes 1846)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Gaudryceras kayei | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia sp.
(Beyrich 1845)
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia sp.
van Hoepen 1929
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea sp.
Drouet 1824
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramidae indet.
Giebel 1852
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° South, 32.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° South, 20.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | St Lucia |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Lithology description: based on description in PBDB collection 66072 (section 20) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Taxonomic list comments:focus on ammonites | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 71008 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan, A. Hendy | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg, A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-14 06:20:14 | Last modified: | 2007-04-14 09:20:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-14 06:20:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23790. | W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger. 1979. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Gaudryceratidae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 31(2):121-174 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 27808 | W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger. 1985. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Kossmaticeratidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 95(5):165-231 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
| 27909 | H. C. Klinger. 1976. Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites from Zululand. South Africa Geological Survey Memoir 69:1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |