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
Lamellibranchia indet.
replaced by Autobranchia
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Ammonites stangeri Baily 1855
recombined as Texanites (Plesiotexanites) stangeri
Ammonites soutoni Baily 1855
recombined as Texanites (Texanites) soutoni
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
"Nautilus sp."
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
cf. Mosasaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
lower jaw
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
Selachii indet.
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]