Rio Maputo, Zweiter Wasserriß (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

Where: Mozambique (26.8° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 2.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, calcareous sandstone

• Marly fine sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BSP

Primary reference: R. Förster. 1975. Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12:3-324 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174801: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Tropaeum cf. hillsi Sowerby 1836 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Valdedorsella falcistriata Anthula 1899 ammonite