Also known as Mzamba
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.1° S, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 15.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Umzamba Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; coarse-grained, pebbly, sandy conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by A. Rogers, E. Schwarz in 1901
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: A. W. Rogers and E. H. L. Schwarz. 1902. General survey of the rocks in the southern parts of the Transkei and Pondoland, including a description of the Cretaceous rocks of eastern Pondoland. Annual Report of the Geological Commission, Cape of Good Hope 1901:25-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 175261: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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"Ammonites stangeri" = Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri, "Ammonites soutoni" = Texanites (Texanites) soutoni
"Ammonites stangeri" = Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri Baily 1855 ammonite
"Ammonites soutoni" = Texanites (Texanites) soutoni Baily 1855 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lamellibranchia indet." = Autobranchia
"Lamellibranchia indet." = Autobranchia Groblen 1894 clam | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
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