Egito, Benguela: Late Campanian, Angola
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras egitoense n. sp.
Miller and Carpenter 1956
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Geography
| Country: | Angola |
| Coordinates: | 12.1° South, 13.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.2° South, 3.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian | Ammonoid zone: | Hoplitoplacenticeras vari |
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Howarth (1965) says that this collection comes from the same locality and horizon as the material he examined, and he assigned a Late Campanian age (Hoplitoplacenticeras vari zone) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Sevicos de Geologia e Minas, Luanda, Angola | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 166823 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Okamoto |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-02-27 14:59:18 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-02-27 14:59:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54493. | A. K. Miller and L. B. Carpenter. 1956. Cretaceous and Tertiary Nautiloids from Angola. Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos - Junta de Envestigacoes do Ultramar 21:1-48 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto/M. Clapham] |