. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . 7). Type Holotype is SAS-19/1, the specimen figured by Klinger (1976, pi. 33 (fig. 5),text-figs 8j, lOg) from locality 94, KwaZulu, St Lucia Formation, Santonian I. Material Apart from the holotype, the specimen described and figured by Spath (19216, pi. 7(figs 6a-c)) as Neocrioceras cf. spinigerum and SAM-PCZ 17363 from locality 74,Santonian I and SAM-PCZ 17364 from locality 79, Coniacian V, KwaZulu, St LuciaFormation. Description and discussion It is now clear that Spath unknowingly had Schlueterella in mind when
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . 7). Type Holotype is SAS-19/1, the specimen figured by Klinger (1976, pi. 33 (fig. 5),text-figs 8j, lOg) from locality 94, KwaZulu, St Lucia Formation, Santonian I. Material Apart from the holotype, the specimen described and figured by Spath (19216, pi. 7(figs 6a-c)) as Neocrioceras cf. spinigerum and SAM-PCZ 17363 from locality 74,Santonian I and SAM-PCZ 17364 from locality 79, Coniacian V, KwaZulu, St LuciaFormation. Description and discussion It is now clear that Spath unknowingly had Schlueterella in mind when he proposed thegenus Neocrioceras. The genotype (type species) of Spaths Neocrioceras is in fact agood example of Neocrioceras (Schlueterella) compressum Klinger, 1976. A crushedbody chamber fragment from locality 79 (Fig. 60A-C) has ornament comparable to thatdescribed and figured by Immel et al. (1982) from the Santonian of Austria, especiallytheir (1982, pi. 10 (fig. 3)) specimen with few intercalatory ribs. CRETA CEOUS FA UNAS FROM ZUL ULAND AND NA TAL, SOUTH AFRICA 317.
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