Where: Angola (8.4° S, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° S, 2.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: N'Golome marl Formation, Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: D. B. Blake, G. Breton, and S. Gofas. 1996. A new genus ans species of Asteriidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Angola, Africa. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70(1/2):181-187 [L. Villier/L. Villier/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59842: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 18.04.2006
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Taxonomic list
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi
"Heterohelix reussi" = Guembelina reussi Cushman 1938 | |
"Archeoglobigerina bosquensis" = Archaeoglobigerina, Dicarinella concavata, Dicarinella hagni, Marginotruncana sinuosa, Marginotruncana marginata
"Archeoglobigerina bosquensis" = Archaeoglobigerina
Marginotruncana marginata Reuss 1845 | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramidae indet. Giebel 1852 clam | |
Asteroidea | |
Afraster scalariformis n. gen. n. sp.
Afraster scalariformis n. gen. n. sp. Blake et al. 1996 sea star |