Locality 292, Canyon E. of Old Lobito (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (12.4° S, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Cream-colored limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.W. Gregory in 1912; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. B. Newton. 1917. On some Cretaceous Brachiopoda and Mollusca from Angola, Portuguese West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51:561-580 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210730: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia crenulata" = Pterotrigonia crenulata
"Trigonia crenulata" = Pterotrigonia crenulata Lamarck 1819 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium cf. syriacum
Trachycardium cf. syriacum Conrad 1852 cockle
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca cf. ligeriensis
Trigonarca cf. ligeriensis d'Orbigny 1844 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella sp.
Volsella sp. Scopoli 1777 mussel
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Helicoceras cf. annulatum2
Helicoceras cf. annulatum2 d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
"? Ptychoceras gaultinum" = Hemiptychoceras gaultinum2
"? Ptychoceras gaultinum" = Hemiptychoceras gaultinum2 Pictet 1847 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras cf. latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum2, "Puzosia cf. mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana2
"Desmoceras cf. latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum2 Michelin 1838 ammonite
"Puzosia cf. mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana2 d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Elobiceras lobitoense n. sp.2, Elobiceras densicostatum n. sp.2, ? Prohysteroceras "sp. juv."2, Prohysteroceras wordiei2, "Subschloenbachia sp." = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)2, "Subschloenbachia "sp. nov. ? ind. 7"" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)2, "? Subschloenbachia "sp. nov."" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)2, "Subschloenbachia depressa n. sp." = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum2, "Subschloenbachia cf. quadrata" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum2, Subschloenbachia robusta n. sp.2, "Subschloenbachia subrotunda" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum2, "Subschloenbachia aequatorialis" = Pervinquieria inflata aequatorealis2, Neokentroceras aff. pseudovaricosum2, Neokentroceras subtuberculatum n. sp.2
Elobiceras lobitoense n. sp.2 Crick 1922 ammonite
Elobiceras densicostatum n. sp.2 Crick 1922 ammonite
? Prohysteroceras "sp. juv."2 Spath 1921 ammonite
Prohysteroceras wordiei2 Spath 1922 ammonite
"Subschloenbachia sp." = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)2 Spath 1921 ammonite
"Subschloenbachia "sp. nov. ? ind. 7"" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)2 Spath 1921 ammonite
"? Subschloenbachia "sp. nov."" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)2 Spath 1921 ammonite
"Subschloenbachia depressa n. sp." = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum2 Spath 1922 ammonite
"Subschloenbachia cf. quadrata" = Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum2 Spath 1922 ammonite
Subschloenbachia robusta n. sp.2 Spath 1922 ammonite
"Subschloenbachia subrotunda" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum2 Spath 1922 ammonite
"Subschloenbachia aequatorialis" = Pervinquieria inflata aequatorealis2 Kossmat 1907 ammonite
Neokentroceras subtuberculatum n. sp.2 Spath 1922 ammonite
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster catumbellensis1
Epiaster catumbellensis1 de Loriol 1888 heart urchin
1Gregory 1917; 2Spath 1922