PRI Loc. 820, Luanda-Malange R.R. [Quifangondo Fm] (Eocene of Angola)

Also known as Loc. S 8 of Caster (1938)

Where: Angola (9.0° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quifangondo Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Quifangondo Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Eocene, based on antiquated correlation with Newton's (1922) Nigerian Eocene fauna. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not discussed in text, but apparently siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Veatch; reposited in the PRI

• COLLECTOR: A.C. Veatch, Companhia de Petróleo de Angola. REPOSITORY: PRI.

Primary reference: K. E. Caster. 1938. Macroscopic fauna of the Quimbriz (Eocene) Formation on the Lucolo River, Angola. Separata do tômo XX das Communições dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89625: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macrofossils. NOMENLCATURE: Authoritative publication, with identifications by P. Sheldon and K. Palmer, but with antiquated nomenclature.
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Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Raetomyidae
Raetomya schweinfurthi
Raetomya schweinfurthi Mayer-Eymar 1887 clam