Where: South Africa (27.2° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° S, 1.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Makatini Formation, Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Makatini Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Mzinene Fm. THICKNESS: From bed within 30 m section. AGE: Barremian 1 based on ammonite biostratigraphy (Acroceras zone). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near the base of the section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, calcareous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Reposited in the BMNH
• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors (W. Kennedy and H. Klinger) during 1970-1971. REPOSITORY: BMNH.
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger. 1990. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. Hatchericeras Stanton, 1901 (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea) from the Barremian of Zululand. Annals of the South African Museum 99(8):231-243 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82390: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2008
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hatchericeras patagonense Stanton 1901 ammonite |