Rio Maputo, Soc. Agr. de Lumbemba Sul, Catuane (bed 4) (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

Where: Mozambique (26.8° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 4.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, concretionary, sandy marl

• Fine sandy marl with sporadic decimeter-sized concretions

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 174817: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura parkinsoni
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia cristata
Pterotrigonia cristata van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea gurgitis
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp.
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina cf. euglypha
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea cf. zululandiae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys cf. goldfussi
Chlamys cf. goldfussi Deshayes 1843 scallop