Locality 145 [St Lucia Fm] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (28.8° S, 31.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.1° S, 21.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: St Lucia Formation, Early/Lower 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 II based on ammonite biostratigraphy = Early 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

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors (W. Kennedy and H. Klinger) during 1970-1971. REPOSITORY: SAS, 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 82457: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.07.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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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 - Kossmaticeratidae
Marshallites cumshewaensis1
Marshallites cumshewaensis1 Whiteaves 1884 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras kaffrarium
Placenticeras kaffrarium Etheridge 1904 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Forresteria (Forresteria) hobsoni2, Forresteria (Forresteria) alluaudi2, Forresteria (Forresteria) madagascariensis2, Yabeiceras sp.2, Yabeiceras crassiornatum2, Yabeiceras cobbani2, Yabeiceras manasoaense2, Yabeiceras aff. manasoaense2, Yabeiceras transiens2, Yabeiceras cf. orientale2, Yabeiceras costatum2
Forresteria (Forresteria) hobsoni2 Reeside 1932 ammonite
Forresteria (Forresteria) alluaudi2 Boule et al. 1907 ammonite
Yabeiceras sp.2 Tokunaga and Shimizu 1926 ammonite
Yabeiceras crassiornatum2 Kennedy and Wright 1983 ammonite
Yabeiceras cobbani2 Kennedy and Wright 1983 ammonite
Yabeiceras manasoaense2 Collignon 1965 ammonite
Yabeiceras aff. manasoaense2 Collignon 1965 ammonite
Yabeiceras transiens2 Kennedy and Wright 1983 ammonite
Yabeiceras cf. orientale2 Tokunaga and Shimizu 1926 ammonite
Yabeiceras costatum2 Collignon 1965 ammonite
1Kennedy and Klinger 1985; 2Kennedy and Wright 1983