southwest of Umzamba River: Santonian, South Africa
collected by A. Rogers, E. Schwarz 1901
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
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Lamellibranchia indet.
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replaced by Autobranchia | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Collignoniceratidae
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Ammonites stangeri
Baily 1855
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recombined as Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri | ||||||||||
Ammonites soutoni
Baily 1855
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recombined as Texanites (Texanites) soutoni | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
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Nautilida indet.
Agassiz 1847
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"Nautilus sp." | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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cf. Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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lower jaw | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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Selachii indet.
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sharks' teeth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Transkei |
Coordinates: | 31.1° South, 30.2° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.3° South, 15.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Umzamba |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | coarse,pebbly sandy conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "coarse shelly and sandy rocks with pebbles of dark slates and coarse grits or sandstones" | |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | A. Rogers, E. Schwarz | Collection dates: | 1901 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Mzamba | ||
Database number: | 175261 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-12-08 17:27:09 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-08 17:27:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
57284. | 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] |