Below Balangi (Cretaceous of Cameroon)

Where: Cameroon (4.5° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.5° S, 1.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. Autenrieth, G. Spellenberg in 1909-1911; reposited in the MfN, SMNS

Primary reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluß in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209647: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
"Hemiaster fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli
"Hemiaster fourneli" = Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Astarte sp.
? Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita cf. barroneti, Cardita beaumonti
Cardita cf. barroneti Munier-Chalmas 1881 clam
Cardita beaumonti d'Archiac and Haime 1854 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha ventricosa
Liopistha ventricosa von Koenen 1897 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Roudairia drui" = Veniella undata
"Roudairia drui" = Veniella undata Conrad 1852 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Aphrodina quenseli" = Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli
"Aphrodina quenseli" = Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli Reyment 1954 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Protocardia) pauli
Cardium (Protocardia) pauli Coquand 1862 cockle
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Corbula sp.
? Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna laticostata
Pinna laticostata Stoliczka 1871 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula locardi
Plicatula locardi Thomas and Peron 1890 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca angolensis
Trigonarca angolensis Rennie 1929 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus angulatus n. sp.
Mytilus angulatus n. sp. Riedel 1933 mussel
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes tenellus" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) tenellus
"Gyrodes tenellus" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) tenellus Stoliczka 1868 moon snail
Questionable location
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
? Scalaria varicostata
? Scalaria varicostata Riedel 1933 wentletrap
Questionable location
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella arduissima n. sp., Turritella harborti
Turritella arduissima n. sp. Riedel 1933 turret shell
Turritella harborti Riedel 1933 turret shell
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"? Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella
"? Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella d'Orbigny 1843 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Tissotiidae
"Tissotia cf. redtenbacheri" = Metatissotia redtenbacheri
"Tissotia cf. redtenbacheri" = Metatissotia redtenbacheri de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Peroniceras aff. czoernigi, Peroniceras latelobatum n. sp.
Peroniceras aff. czoernigi Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Peroniceras latelobatum n. sp. Riedel 1933 ammonite
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus africanus
Linuparus africanus Glaessner 1932 spiny lobster