NE end of Lagoa Catuine, bed 3 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

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: marine; lithified, concretionary, gray, blue, calcareous sandstone

• Blue-gray, hard calcareous sandstone, locally concretionary

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 174811: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster zululandensis
Hemiaster zululandensis Besairie and Lambert 1930 heart urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
"Hamites (Hamites) virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus, Hamites (Hamites) charpentieri
"Hamites (Hamites) virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus Brongniart 1822 ammonite
Hamites (Hamites) charpentieri Pictet and Roux 1847 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Anisoceras raynaudi
Anisoceras raynaudi Boule et al. 1907 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Labeceratidae
Labeceras plasticum, Labeceras inflatum n. sp., Myloceras serotinum, Myloceras cornucopium, Myloceras cf. cornucopium
Labeceras plasticum Spath 1925 ammonite
includes ssp. crassum
Labeceras inflatum n. sp. Förster 1975 ammonite
Myloceras serotinum Spath 1925 ammonite
Myloceras cornucopium Spath 1925 ammonite
Myloceras cf. cornucopium Spath 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Hysteroceras orbignyi, Hysteroceras choffati, Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense, "Prohysteroceras (Goodhallites) gracillimum" = Goodhallites gracilima, Mortoniceras sp., Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) ornatum, Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) cf. devonense
Hysteroceras orbignyi Spath 1922 ammonite
Hysteroceras choffati Spath 1925 ammonite
Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense Spath 1933 ammonite
ssp. gracilis
"Prohysteroceras (Goodhallites) gracillimum" = Goodhallites gracilima Kossmat 1895 ammonite
Mortoniceras sp. Meek 1876 ammonite
Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) ornatum van Hoepen 1944 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura parkinsoni
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana incrassata
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) vignesi, Goniomya cf. designata
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula elegans
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea gurgitis
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cricki
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra cf. conica
Exogyra cf. conica Sowerby 1813 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. robinaldina
Pinna cf. robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp.
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbicularis