Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 173. Texanites soutoni natalense ssp. nov. Paratype SAM-5492. Typical form. This is thespecimen described by Spath (1921: 235) as Mortoniceras sp. aff. soutoni. x 1. CRETACEOUS FAUNAS FROM SOUTH AFRICA 227. Fig. 174. Texanites soutoni natalense ssp. nov. Paratype SAS-H126/1. Specimen with part of the body chamber preserved; probably belonging to the typical form. Note continuation of pentatuberculate ornament on body chamber section, x 0,57. 228 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM SAS-Z1881 (Fig. 179), here named
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 173. Texanites soutoni natalense ssp. nov. Paratype SAM-5492. Typical form. This is thespecimen described by Spath (1921: 235) as Mortoniceras sp. aff. soutoni. x 1. CRETACEOUS FAUNAS FROM SOUTH AFRICA 227. Fig. 174. Texanites soutoni natalense ssp. nov. Paratype SAS-H126/1. Specimen with part of the body chamber preserved; probably belonging to the typical form. Note continuation of pentatuberculate ornament on body chamber section, x 0,57. 228 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM SAS-Z1881 (Fig. 179), here named var. compressa, is remarkably similarto the holotype of Texanites shiloensis (see Young 1963, pi. 46 (fig. 1)) in havinga more or less Submortoniceras-XikQ ornament on the outer whorl. As shownbelow, relative proportions are similar. Dimensions D UT-1986 275,0 {T. shiloensis)Z1881 230,0 Wb Wh(32,0) U (40,0) 62,0(26,9) 79,0(34,3) 88,0(38,3) 30 ,f^^%^ \
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