Outcrop 47, Mungo River (Cretaceous of Cameroon)
Where: Cameroon (4.5° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.5° S, 1.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mungo River Formation, Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R.A. Reyment in 1953; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. The stratigraphy of the southern Cameroons. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 76:661-683 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209692: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Solarium (Climacopoma) leviumbilicatum Riedel 1933 snail | |
Scalaria varicostata Riedel 1933 wentletrap | |
Turritella nodosa Roemer 1841 turret shell
Turritella harborti Riedel 1933 turret shell | |
Turris aff. kaffraria Woods 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma aff. faxensis Ravn 1908 turrid | |
Strepsidura gracilis Riedel 1933 true whelk | |
Fusus climacodes Riedel 1933 snail | |
Purpura liguta Riedel 1933 murex snail | |
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute
Volutomorpha horrida Riedel 1933 volute
Volutomorpha similis Riedel 1933 volute
Volutilithes cf. pseudocostata Noetling 1896 volute | |
"Pugnellus fraasi" = Gymnarus fraasi, Helicaulax latealata
"Pugnellus fraasi" = Gymnarus fraasi Riedel 1933 snail
Helicaulax latealata Riedel 1933 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Parapachydiscus cf. stallauensis" = Pachydiscus stallauensis
"Parapachydiscus cf. stallauensis" = Pachydiscus stallauensis Imkeller 1901 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula renniei scallop | |
Lima (Plagiostoma) pseudohoernesi Riedel 1933 file clam | |
"Inoceramus bantu" = Cataceramus bantu, Inoceramus niger
"Inoceramus bantu" = Cataceramus bantu Heinz 1932 clam
Inoceramus niger Heinz 1932 clam | |
Trigonarca camerunensis Riedel 1933 clam | |
Pseudocucullaea lens Solger 1903 clam | |
Modiolus (Inoperna) flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel | |
Venericardia nauliensis Cox 1952 clam | |
Cardium aff. perobliquum von Koenen 1897 cockle |