Where: Cameroon (4.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 1.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mungo River Formation, Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by H. Autenrieth, G. Spellenberg in 1909-1911; reposited in the SMNS
Primary reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluß in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177976: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.04.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Barroisiceras aff. haberfellneri" = Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) haberfellneri
"Barroisiceras aff. haberfellneri" = Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) haberfellneri von Hauer 1866 ammonite | |
"Parapachydiscus cf. stallauensis" = Pachydiscus stallauensis
"Parapachydiscus cf. stallauensis" = Pachydiscus stallauensis Imkeller 1901 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Ringicula acuta Forbes 1846 snail | |
Basilissa antiqua n. sp.
Basilissa antiqua n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail | |
Solarium (? Semisolarium) leve n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
? Vespertilio africana n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail
Trochifusus perornatus Wade 1916 snail | |
Faunus beyenburgi n. sp.
Faunus beyenburgi n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail | |
Cerithium cf. annulatum Zekeli 1852 cerith snail | |
Turritella nodosa Roemer 1841 turret shell
Turritella cf. alternans Roemer 1841 turret shell | |
Pyrazus elongatum Douvillé 1904 snail | |
Ampullospira bulbiformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Nudivagus simplicus Wade 1926 snail | |
Gyrodes cf. edura Stoliczka 1868 moon snail
"Gyrodes tenellus" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) tenellus Stoliczka 1868 moon snail
Lunatia leptostomata n. sp. Riedel 1933 moon snail | |
Volutomorpha horrida n. sp. Riedel 1933 volute
Volutomorpha similis n. sp. Riedel 1933 volute
Volutilithes guillemaini n. sp. Riedel 1933 volute | |
Peristernia conica n. sp., Drilluta biplicata n. sp., ? Cryptorhytis sp., Voluta (Paleopsephaea) sulcata n. sp.
Peristernia conica n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail
Drilluta biplicata n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail
? Cryptorhytis sp. Meek 1876 snail
Voluta (Paleopsephaea) sulcata n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail | |
Strepsidura gracilis n. sp.
Strepsidura gracilis n. sp. Riedel 1933 true whelk | |
Fusus climacodes n. sp.
Fusus climacodes n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail | |
Cancellaria spellenbergi n. sp.
Cancellaria spellenbergi n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail | |
Helicaulax latealata n. sp., ? Aporrhais sp., Chenopus neubaueri n. sp., "Pugnellus fraasi n. sp." = Gymnarus fraasi, "Pugnellus dietrichi n. sp." = Bizarrus dietrichi, "Pugnellus incertus n. sp." = Bizarrus incertus
Helicaulax latealata n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail
? Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail
Chenopus neubaueri n. sp. Riedel 1933 snail
"Pugnellus fraasi n. sp." = Gymnarus fraasi Riedel 1933 snail
"Pugnellus dietrichi n. sp." = Bizarrus dietrichi Riedel 1933 snail
"Pugnellus incertus n. sp." = Bizarrus incertus Riedel 1933 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium subperobliquum n. sp. Riedel 1933 cockle
Granocardium kruschi n. sp. Riedel 1933 cockle | |
Agelasina plenodonta n. gen. n. sp., "Roudairia drui" = Veniella undata
Agelasina plenodonta n. gen. n. sp. Riedel 1933 clam
"Roudairia drui" = Veniella undata Conrad 1852 clam | |
"Aphrodina quenseli n. sp." = Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli, Callistina cf. thomsoni
"Aphrodina quenseli n. sp." = Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli Reyment 1954 venus clam
Callistina cf. thomsoni Woods 1917 venus clam | |
Martesia cylindrica n. sp.
Martesia cylindrica n. sp. Riedel 1933 clam | |
Pholadomya hians n. sp.
Pholadomya hians n. sp. Riedel 1933 clam | |
Cardita beaumonti d'Archiac and Haime 1854 clam | |
"Lopatinia lens" = Pseudocucullaea lens
"Lopatinia lens" = Pseudocucullaea lens Solger 1903 clam | |
Trigonarca curvatodonta n. sp. Riedel 1933 clam
Trigonarca angolensis Rennie 1929 clam
Trigonarca camerunensis Riedel 1933 clam | |
"Lima pseudohoernesi n. sp." = Plagiostoma pseudohoernesi
"Lima pseudohoernesi n. sp." = Plagiostoma pseudohoernesi Riedel 1933 file clam | |
Plicatula cf. decipiens, "Plicatula locardi" = Plicatula locardi, "Plicatula cf. multiplicata" = Plicatula locardi
Plicatula cf. decipiens Coquand 1862 scallop
"Plicatula locardi" = Plicatula locardi Thomas and Peron 1890 scallop
"Plicatula cf. multiplicata" = Plicatula locardi Thomas and Peron 1890 scallop | |
"Boehmiceramus bantu" = Cataceramus bantu
"Boehmiceramus bantu" = Cataceramus bantu Heinz 1932 clam | |
"Modiola (Inoperna) flagellifera" = Inoperna flagellifera
"Modiola (Inoperna) flagellifera" = Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel |