Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki (Cretaceous of Cameroon)

Where: Cameroon (4.5° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 0.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mungo River Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wohltmann

• Repository: Geologischen Museum zu Göttingen

Primary reference: A. von Koenen. 1897. Ueber Fossilien der unteren Kreide am Ufer des Mungo in Kamerun. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 1:3-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209694: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita multigranosa n. sp. von Koenen 1897 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella kamerunensis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 turret shell
Turritella gemmulifera n. sp. von Koenen 1897 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Natica cf. cretacea Goldfuss 1841 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni n. sp. von Koenen 1897 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
"Pulchellia perovalis n. sp." = Neoptychites cephalotus
"Pulchellia perovalis n. sp." = Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
"Neoptychites (Hoplites) lentiformis n. sp." = Hoplitoides wohltmanni, "Neoptychites ingens n. sp." = Hoplitoides ingens, "Pulchellia gibbosula n. sp." = Hoplitoides gibbosulus
"Neoptychites (Hoplites) lentiformis n. sp." = Hoplitoides wohltmanni von Koenen 1897 ammonite
"Neoptychites ingens n. sp." = Hoplitoides ingens von Koenen 1897 ammonite
"Pulchellia gibbosula n. sp." = Hoplitoides gibbosulus von Koenen 1897 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Acanthoceras sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sphaericula n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte tecticosta n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam
Astarte (? Goodallia) trigonella n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea cf. plana" = Aphrodina plana Sowerby 1813 venus clam
? Cytherea "n. sp." Lamarck 1808 venus clam
? Cytherea sp. Lamarck 1808 venus clam
Cytherea corbuloides n. sp. von Koenen 1897 venus clam
Cytherea tenuidentata n. sp. von Koenen 1897 venus clam
Cytherea wohltmanni n. sp. von Koenen 1897 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium perobliquum n. sp. von Koenen 1897 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina phylloides n. sp. von Koenen 1897 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
? Psammobia auriformis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula incurvata n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya cf. elongata Münster 1840 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha ventricosa n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Arca cardiformis n. sp." = Trigonarca cardiformis, "Arca semiglabra n. sp." = Trigonarca semiglabra
"Arca cardiformis n. sp." = Trigonarca cardiformis von Koenen 1897 clam
"Arca semiglabra n. sp." = Trigonarca semiglabra von Koenen 1897 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ? laevigata Sowerby 1836 jingle
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula multiplicata n. sp." = Plicatula locardi, Plicatula cf. placunea, "Plicatula rugulosa n. sp." = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis
"Plicatula multiplicata n. sp." = Plicatula locardi Thomas and Peron 1890 scallop
Plicatula cf. placunea Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Plicatula rugulosa n. sp." = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima dilatata n. sp." = Pseudolimea dilatata, "Lima perplana n. sp." = Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana, "Lima mungoensis n. sp." = Lima (Radula) mungoensis, Lima reniformis n. sp.
"Lima dilatata n. sp." = Pseudolimea dilatata von Koenen 1897 file clam
"Lima perplana n. sp." = Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana von Koenen 1897 file clam
"Lima mungoensis n. sp." = Lima (Radula) mungoensis von Koenen 1897 file clam
Lima reniformis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten kamerunensis n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus, "Pecten productus n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus
"Pecten kamerunensis n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
"Pecten productus n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra auriformis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna latissima n. sp. von Koenen 1897 oyster
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
? Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola plicifera n. sp." = Modiolus pliciferus, "Lithodomus inflexus n. sp." = Lithophaga inflexa, "Septifer convolutus n. sp." = Brachyodontes convolutus
"Modiola plicifera n. sp." = Modiolus pliciferus von Koenen 1897 mussel
"Lithodomus inflexus n. sp." = Lithophaga inflexa von Koenen 1897 mussel
"Septifer convolutus n. sp." = Brachyodontes convolutus von Koenen 1897 mussel
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp., "Leda cultellus n. sp." = Nuculana cultellus
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
"Leda cultellus n. sp." = Nuculana cultellus von Koenen 1897 pointed nut clam
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula cf. truncata Sowerby 1836
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Discina sp. Lamarck
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula octangula n. sp. von Koenen 1897