Lagoa Catuine, Rio Zepundune, bed 12: Late/Upper Albian, Mozambique

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" sulcata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus reversus (Sowerby 1836)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra conica (Sowerby 1813)
recombined as Amphidonte conica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Aucellina gryphaeoides (Sowerby 1836)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbicularis
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus concentricus Parkinson 1819
recombined as Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus
Inoceramus (Birostrina) sulcatus (Parkinson 1819)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea gurgitis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya cf. designata
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) vignesi Lartet 1877
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella etheridgei
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Calva (Chimela) cf. caperata
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana incrassata
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Tessarolax aff. retusus
Anchura parkinsoni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus aff. requienianus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella manuanensis
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Semisolarium africanum
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Mortoniceras sp. Meek 1876
Hysteroceras aff. subbinum Spath 1934
(2 measurements)
Hysteroceras orbignyi (Spath 1922)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae
Dipoloceras cristatum (Brongniart 1822)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Labeceratidae
Myloceras joffrei (Boule et al. 1907)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mozambique
Coordinates: 26.8° South, 32.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° South, 14.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:105.30000 - 99.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue lithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: Hard, blue-gray calcareous sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Metadata
Also known as:Catuane
Database number:174805
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-11-28 12:13:26 Last modified:2015-11-28 12:13:26
Access level:the public Released:2015-11-28 12:13:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57006. 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]