Rio Tembe, Gala (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

Where: Mozambique (26.3° S, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° S, 20.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, medium, brown sandstone

• Light brown-khaki, in some cases poorly sorted fine-medium 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 174825: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia cf. ameliae Peron 1928 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Camptonectes cf. curvatus" = Camptonectes virgatus
"Camptonectes cf. curvatus" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Nordenskjoldia sp." = Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia)
"Nordenskjoldia sp." = Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia) Wilckens 1910 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites cf. boulei Collignon 1931 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes tenellus" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) tenellus
"Gyrodes tenellus" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) tenellus Stoliczka 1868 moon snail