. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 72 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM (W. G. Siesser pers. comm.), although reworked Cretaceous material occurs in the limestones. Until 1974 no other outcrops of Late Cretaceous marine sediments had been reported from south of the Umzamba Estuary (Pondoland, Transkei). Mountain (1974: 19) briefly described a new fossiliferous locality less than 15 km from Needs Camp as follows: The rock occurs in a 'tiny exposure on the East London-Kidd's Beach road just west of the Goda River valley as the road climbs up on to the c
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 72 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM (W. G. Siesser pers. comm.), although reworked Cretaceous material occurs in the limestones. Until 1974 no other outcrops of Late Cretaceous marine sediments had been reported from south of the Umzamba Estuary (Pondoland, Transkei). Mountain (1974: 19) briefly described a new fossiliferous locality less than 15 km from Needs Camp as follows: The rock occurs in a 'tiny exposure on the East London-Kidd's Beach road just west of the Goda River valley as the road climbs up on to the coastal plain. It can be seen in the present road cutting and consists of a friable limestone with abundant echinoid spines, Ostrea shells and gastropod casts. It is possibly Cretaceous but no one has examined the microfossils.' Following landslides during the last few years, an extension of this occur- rence became exposed in the bluffs overlooking the western shore of the lagoon at Igoda Mouth, less than a kilometre from the roadside section mentioned by Mountain (Fig. 1). East London 33* 10' P. IGODA MOUTH Fig. I. Locality map, Igoda Formation. A. Roadside exposure reported by Mountain (1974); note the new road under construction. B. Type section of the Igoda Formation. C. Reference section. (See also Fig. 2.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town [etc. ] The Museu
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