The ammonite genus Prionocycloceras Spath, 1926, from the Coniacian of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Authors

  • Herbert C. Klinger Natural History Collections Department, Iziko South African Museum, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000
  • William J. Kennedy Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW and Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN

Keywords:

Cretaceous, Coniacian, Ammonite, Prionocycloceras, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Abstract

Subprionocyclus latiumbilicatus Van Hoepen, 1968, and Subprionocyclus obesus Van Hoepen, 1968, are revised, and referred to Prionocycloceras Spath, 1926, a genus not previously recognised from the South African Cretaceous. The material comes from the Middle and Upper Coniacian St Lucia Formation of northern KwaZulu-Natal.

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Published

2016-12-23

Issue

Vol. 66 No. 4 (2016): William Aubrey "Bill" Cobban Memorial Volume Part 1

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