Where: Mozambique (26.7° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° S, 16.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, 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 174823: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Holaster sp. Agassiz 1836 sea urchin | |
Hemiaster cf. zululandensis Besairie and Lambert 1930 heart urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella plicatilis" = Sphenorhynchia plicatella
"Rhynchonella plicatilis" = Sphenorhynchia plicatella Sowerby 1825 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ostlingoceras (Ostlingoceras) rorayensis, Mariella (Mariella) oehlerti, Mariella (Mariella) bergeri, Mariella (Mariella) cf. miliaris
Ostlingoceras (Ostlingoceras) rorayensis Collignon 1964 ammonite
Mariella (Mariella) oehlerti Pervinquiere 1910 ammonite
Mariella (Mariella) bergeri Brongniart 1822 ammonite
Mariella (Mariella) cf. miliaris Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
Sciponoceras baculoides Mantell 1822 ammonite | |
Mantelliceras saxbii Sharpe 1857 ammonite
Mantelliceras indicum Kossmat 1895 ammonite
Mantelliceras cf. mantelli Sowerby 1814 ammonite | |
Cymatoceras manuanensis Crick 1907 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Avellana incrassata snail | |
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail | |
"Amaea (Confusiscala) dupiniana" = Confusiscala
"Amaea (Confusiscala) dupiniana" = Confusiscala wentletrap | |
"Anchura (Perissoptera) bailyi" = Perissoptera
"Anchura (Perissoptera) bailyi" = Perissoptera snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pleuromya africana clam | |
Pterotrigonia setosa clam |