Where: Angola (12.9° S, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.4° S, 6.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. Malheiro in 1882-1886
Primary reference: P. Choffat and P. de Loriol. 1888. Matériaux pour l'étude stratigraphique et paléontologique de la province d'Angola. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 30(2):1-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210857: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Pygurus africanus n. sp.
Pygurus africanus n. sp. de Loriol 1888 sea urchin | |
"Salenia dombeensis n. sp." = Leptosalenia sergipensis
"Salenia dombeensis n. sp." = Leptosalenia sergipensis White 1887 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica bulbiformis" = Ampullospira bulbiformis
"Natica bulbiformis" = Ampullospira bulbiformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Glauconia aff. kefersteini Goldfuss 1844 snail | |
Natica feioi n. sp.
Natica feioi n. sp. Choffat 1888 moon snail | |
Tylostoma pechueli n. sp.
Tylostoma pechueli n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail | |
Nerita malheiroi n. sp.
Nerita malheiroi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail | |
Cylindrites delgadoi n. sp., Cylindrites cordeiroi n. sp.
Cylindrites delgadoi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
Cylindrites cordeiroi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail | |
Actaeon lenzi n. sp., Bullina malheiroi n. sp.
Actaeon lenzi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
Bullina malheiroi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Janira ficalhoi n. sp." = Neithea ficalhoi
"Janira ficalhoi n. sp." = Neithea ficalhoi Choffat 1888 scallop | |
Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster | |
"Lithodomus praelongus" = Lithophaga praelonga
"Lithodomus praelongus" = Lithophaga praelonga d'Orbigny 1843 mussel | |
Pholadomya cf. collombi Coquand 1866 clam
Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis n. sp. Choffat 1888 clam |