ammonites
near Mooi River (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Natal, South Africa (28.8° S, 30.6° E: paleocoordinates 66.6° S, 13.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daptocephalus other zone, Middle Beaufort Series Group, Changhsingian (254.0 - 252.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified shale

• "The layers containing the insect fossils and associated plant fossils are interpreted as having been produced by over-bank spill, while the overlying upward-coarsening sediments represent overriding distributaries which bury the bay deposits." Van Dijk & Geertsema, 1999

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D. E. van Dijk

• Specimens in the Natal Museum

Primary reference: E. F. Riek. 1973. Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):513-532 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124428: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 15.02.2012

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