Locality 20 [St Lucia Fm]: Maastrichtian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kossmaticeratidae
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Brahmaites (Brahmaites) mikobokensis
(Collignon 1971)
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Kennedy and Klinger 2013 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Pachydiscidae indet.
Spath 1922
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Saghalinites sp.
Wright and Matsumoto 1954
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Eubaculites compressum
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Eubaculites simplex
(Kossmat 1895)
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Klinger and Kennedy 1993 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Eubaculites ootacodensis
(Stoliczka 1866)
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Eubaculites vagina
(Forbes 1846)
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Klinger 1976 | |||||||||
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Eubaculites latecarinatus
(Brunnschweiler 1966)
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Klinger and Kennedy 1993 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Eubaculites carinatus
(Morton 1834)
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Klinger and Kennedy 1993 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Eubaculites labyrinthicus
(Morton 1834)
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Klinger and Kennedy 1993 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) mikobokense
(Collignon 1956)
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Kennedy and Klinger 1977 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 28.4° South, 32.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° South, 21.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Eubaculites ootacodensis |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | St Lucia | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the St Lucia Fm, which regionally overlies the Coniacian-Campanian Umzamba Fm. AGE: Maastrichtian I-II based on ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From concretions within 7-8 m thick section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Buff, weathered silts with concretions. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of facies descriptions from regionally dominant lithology, and figures from subsequent publications (e.g. Kennedy and Kinger 1977). | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Offshore marine siliciclastic setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Collected by authors (W. Kennedy and H. Klinger) during 1970-1971. REPOSITORY: BMNH. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Includes ammonites, brachiopods, bivalves and gastropods. Abundance data may only apply to ammonites. NOMENCLATURE: Some of faunal list derived from authoritive publications, although for the most part this is not the case and taxa lack subgeneric or species-level designations. Nevertheless, authors are specialists and nomenclature appears fairly accurate and modern. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 66072 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-27 21:29:28 | Last modified: | 2024-03-15 20:31:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-27 21:29:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18897. | W. J. Kennedy and H.C. Klinger. 1975. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. Introduction, Stratigraphy. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 25(4):265-315 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 18898 | W. J. Kennedy and H.C. Klinger. 1977. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Phylloceratidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 27(5):347-380 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 58617 | W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger. 2013. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. New records of Maastrichtian ammonites of the Family Kossmaticeratidae. African Natural History 9:55-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 27909 | H. C. Klinger. 1976. Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites from Zululand. South Africa Geological Survey Memoir 69:1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 27776 | H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1993. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The heteromorph ammonite genus Eubaculites Spath, 1926. Annals of the South African Museum 102(6):185-264 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |