Rio Coane 2: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Mozambique

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Cryptorhytis cf. rigida
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia setosa
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga manuanensis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Mantelliceras tuberculatum (Mantell 1822)
(1 measurement)
Mantelliceras saxbii (Sharpe 1857)
(1 measurement)
Calycoceras cf. newboldi (Kossmat 1897)
synonym of Acanthoceras asiatica
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Hypoturrilites carcitanensis (Matheron 1842)
recombined as Neostlingoceras carcitanensis
Hypoturrilites cf. gravesianus (d'Orbigny 1842)
Mariella (Mariella) oehlerti (Pervinquiere 1910)
Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus (Passy 1832)
    = Mariella (Mariella) aff. essenensis Geinitz 1849
Atabekyan 1985
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" sp. Fischer 1809
see common names

Geography
Country:Mozambique
Coordinates: 26.7° South, 32.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.7° South, 16.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,brown lithified silty sandstone
Lithology description: Tan, friable silty fine sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Metadata
Database number:174829
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-11-28 18:56:26 Last modified:2015-11-28 18:56:26
Access level:the public Released:2015-11-28 18:56:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57006. R. Förster. 1975. Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12:3-324 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

62533 A. A. Atabekyan. 1985. Turrilitidy pozdnego Al'ba i Cenomana yuga SSSR. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR, Mezhvedomstvennyy Stratigraficheskiy Komitet SSSR, Trudy 14:1-111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]