Where: Angola (9.3° S, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° S, 3.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Freire d'Andrade
Primary reference: P. Choffat. 1905. Contributions a la Connaissance Géologique des Colonies Portugaises d'Afrique. II. Nouvelles Données sur la Zone Littorale d'Angola 1-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210893: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
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Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea cf. rediviva" = Curvostrea rouvillei, "Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis, "Exogyra cf. flabellata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum, "Ostrea cf. vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa
"Ostrea cf. rediviva" = Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
"Exogyra cf. flabellata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Ostrea cf. vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
"Vola sp." = Pecten (Vola)
"Vola sp." = Pecten (Vola) Klein 1753 scallop | |