Abstract

KENNEDY, William James  and  KLINGER, Herbert Christian. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite Subfamily Stoliczkaiinae Breistroffer, 1953. Afr. nat. history (Online) [online]. 2013, vol.9, suppl., pp.01-38. ISSN 2305-7963.

The representatives of the ammonite subfamily Stoliczkaiinae Breistroffer, 1953, from the Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian part of the Mzinene Formation of northern KwaZulu-Natal are described, and the following species recognized; Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) brottianum (d'Orbigny, 1841), N.(Protissotia) itierianum (d'Orbigny, 1841), Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) clavigera Neumayr,l875, S.(Lamnayella) tetragona Neumayr, 1875, S.(L.) crotaloides (Stoliczka, 1864), S.(L.) sanctaecatherinae Wright & Kennedy, 1978, S.(L.) chancellori Wright & Kennedy, 1984, S.(Shumarinaia) australe sp. nov., Cenisella bonnetiana (Pictet, 1847), Zuluscaphites orycteropusi van Hoepen, 1955, Z. grandidieri (Boule, Lemoine & Thevenin, 1907), and Z. cf. helveticus Kennedy & Delamette, 1994b. Relevant representatives of the subfamily described from Madagascar are also discussed and illustrated.

Keywords : Cretaceous; ammonite; Albian; Cenomanian; Stoliczkaiinae; KwaZulu-Natal; South Africa.

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