Also known as Rio Mahube (middle Cenomanian)
Where: Mozambique (26.2° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 16.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, brown, calcareous 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 174799: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Douvillaster cf. hourcqui heart urchin | |
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Semisolarium africanum snail | |
Gyrodes manuensis moon snail | |
Volutoderma cf. rigida volute | |
Turritella quadricincta turret shell | |
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Puzosia crebrisulcata Kossmat 1898 ammonite | |
"Tetragonites collignoni" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) collignoni
"Tetragonites collignoni" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) collignoni Breistroffer 1940 ammonite | |
Calycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Acanthoceras flexuosum Crick 1907 ammonite | |
Sciponoceras baculoides Mantell 1822 ammonite | |
"Turrilites (Turrilites) costatus" = Turrilites costatus
"Turrilites (Turrilites) costatus" = Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Rutitrigonia peregrina van Hoepen 1929 clam
Pleurotrigonia blanckenhorni Newton 1909 clam | |
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Pholadomya cf. connectans Forbes 1846 clam
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842 clam | |
Modiolus typicus Forbes 1846 mussel | |
Gervillia cf. sublanceolata oyster | |
Pteria cf. nitida pearl oyster | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Exogyra cf. conica Sowerby 1813 oyster | |
Aucellina gryphaeoides Sowerby 1836 scallop | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus simplex Hyatt 1892 clam | |
"Arca filistriata" = Nemodon (Nemodon) filistriata
"Arca filistriata" = Nemodon (Nemodon) filistriata Stoliczka 1871 clam | |
Cucullaea cf. woodsi clam | |
Trigonarca ligeriensis d'Orbigny 1844 clam | |
Malacostraca | |
Paranecrocarcinus mozambiquensis n. sp. Förster 1970 crab |