Barra do Dande, Benguela basin (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (13.0° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baculites jenseni ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Baculites jenseni zone (placed through occurrence of Nostoceras hyatti and/or Jeletzkytes nodosus. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within region section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by O'Donnell & Thompson

• COLLECTOR: H. O'Donnell & B. Thompson. REPOSITORY: BMNH.

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth. 1965. Cretaceous ammonites and nautiloids from Angola. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(10):337-412 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88882: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum, Solenoceras sp.
Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum Yokoyama 1890 ammonite
Solenoceras sp. Conrad 1860 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras kernense, "Nostoceras rotundum n. sp." = Nostoceras rotundum, "Didymoceras angolaense" = Nostoceras rotundum, "Nostoceras helicinum" = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum, Nostoceras hyatti, Didymoceras hornbyense
Nostoceras kernense Anderson 1958 ammonite
"Nostoceras rotundum n. sp." = Nostoceras rotundum Howarth 1965 ammonite
"Didymoceras angolaense" = Nostoceras rotundum Howarth 1965 ammonite
"Nostoceras helicinum" = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum Shumard 1861 ammonite
Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson 1941 ammonite
Didymoceras hornbyense Whiteaves 1876 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp.
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp., "Manambolites dandensis n. sp." = Libycoceras dandense
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite
"Manambolites dandensis n. sp." = Libycoceras dandense Howarth 1965 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Neophylloceras ultimum
Neophylloceras ultimum Spath 1953 ammonite