Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 33. A-B. Tropaeum dayi sp. nov. SAS EM 109b, holotype from Manyola Drift, Zululand, Aptian III. x 0,42. CRETACEOUS FAUNAS FROM SOUTH AFRICA 271. Fig. 34. Tropaeum dayi sp. nov. SAS EM109b. Suture line of holotype. x 1. Tropaeum obesum sp. nov. Figs 35-37, 38D, 39-42, 65EHolotype SAM-PCZ5681 from locality 34, Zululand. Aptian IV. Housed in theSouth African Museum. Collector unknown. Material The holotype and SAS A4000 from locality 34, Aptian IV, and numerousfragments from locality 168, Aptian IV, including BMNH C
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 33. A-B. Tropaeum dayi sp. nov. SAS EM 109b, holotype from Manyola Drift, Zululand, Aptian III. x 0,42. CRETACEOUS FAUNAS FROM SOUTH AFRICA 271. Fig. 34. Tropaeum dayi sp. nov. SAS EM109b. Suture line of holotype. x 1. Tropaeum obesum sp. nov. Figs 35-37, 38D, 39-42, 65EHolotype SAM-PCZ5681 from locality 34, Zululand. Aptian IV. Housed in theSouth African Museum. Collector unknown. Material The holotype and SAS A4000 from locality 34, Aptian IV, and numerousfragments from locality 168, Aptian IV, including BMNH C7885. BMNHC78886-C8887 are from the same horizon at locality 171. Description Very large, coiling is crioceratitid with the whorls touching and with adorsal zone of impression. The body chamber remains in contact with thephragmocone. The whorl section is initially subtrigonal, slightly higher thanwide with rounded umbilical edges, moderately inflated flanks and a narrowrounded venter. With increasing diameter the whorl section becomes more 272 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM inflated and rounded. On the body chamber, which consists of about half awhorl in the holotype, the section becomes depressed. Ornament is vari
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