Locality 281, Hanha Road, Plateau N. of Lobito: Late/Upper Albian, Angola
collected by J.W. Gregory 1912

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium cf. syriacum (Conrad 1852)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca cf. ligeriensis (d'Orbigny 1844)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmoceras cf. latidorsatum (Michelin 1838)
Spath 1922
recombined as Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Subschloenbachia aequatorialis (Kossmat 1907)
Spath 1922
recombined as Pervinquieria inflata aequatorealis
Subschloenbachia sp. Spath 1921
Spath 1922
spelled with current rank as Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)
Subschloenbachia cf. quadrata Spath 1922
Spath 1922
synonym of Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster catumbellensis de Loriol 1888
Gregory 1917
Echinoidea
Cottaldia sp. Desor 1856
Gregory 1917
see common names

Geography
Country:Angola
Coordinates: 12.3° South, 13.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.8° South, 1.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Cream-colored limestone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:J.W. Gregory Collection dates:1912
Metadata
Database number:210731
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-06-17 23:35:44 Last modified:2020-06-17 23:35:44
Access level:the public Released:2020-06-17 23:35:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
72746. R. B. Newton. 1917. On some Cretaceous Brachiopoda and Mollusca from Angola, Portuguese West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51:561-580 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

72776 J. W. Gregory. 1917. On some Cretaceous Echinoidea from the neighbourhood of Lobito Bay. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51:585-587 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
36026fossil record L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Clapham]