Where: South Africa (26.9° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° S, 14.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mzinene Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mzinene Fm, whch overlies the Aptian-Albian Makatini Fm. AGE: Albian V (=Late Albian) based on ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
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: SAM.
Primary reference: H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1994. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. Salaziceras salazacense (Hébert & Munier-Chalmas, 1875) from the Mzinene Formation of northern Zululand. South African Journal of Geology 97(2):146-148 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82478: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Sharpeiceras sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite | |
Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense Hébert and Munier-Chalmas 1875 ammonite | |
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite
Idiohamites sp. Spath 1925 ammonite | |
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite |