North cliff, Lobito Bay (Cretaceous of Angola)

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

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hamites tropicalis n. sp., "Hamites virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus
Hamites tropicalis n. sp. Meunier 1888 ammonite
"Hamites virgulatus" = Stomohamites virgulatus Brongniart 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Subschloenbachia meunieri n. sp. Spath 1922 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras cuvervillei n. sp." = Puzosia cuvervillei
"Desmoceras cuvervillei n. sp." = Puzosia cuvervillei Meunier 1888 ammonite