Also known as Catuane
Where: Mozambique (26.8° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 14.3° E)
• 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, concretionary, gray, blue limestone
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 174809: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra conica Sowerby 1813 oyster | |
Aucellina gryphaeoides Sowerby 1836 scallop | |
"Inoceramus concentricus" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus
"Inoceramus concentricus" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus Parkinson 1819 clam | |
Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Anchura parkinsoni snail
Tessarolax aff. retusus snail | |
Semisolarium africanum snail |