Where: Angola (12.3° S, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 1.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Ammonoids such as Mortoniceras inflatum suggest late Albian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Jules Cavelier de Cuverville
Primary reference: S. Meunier. 1888. Contribution à la géologie de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Troisième Série 16:61-63 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209632: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hamites tropicalis n. sp., "Hamites virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus
Hamites tropicalis n. sp. Meunier 1888 ammonite
"Hamites virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
Subschloenbachia meunieri n. sp.
Subschloenbachia meunieri n. sp. Spath 1922 ammonite | |
"Desmoceras cuvervillei n. sp." = Puzosia cuvervillei
"Desmoceras cuvervillei n. sp." = Puzosia cuvervillei Meunier 1888 ammonite |