Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki (Cretaceous of Cameroon)
Where: Cameroon (4.5° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 0.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mungo River Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Wohltmann
• Repository: Geologischen Museum zu Göttingen
Primary reference: A. von Koenen. 1897. Ueber Fossilien der unteren Kreide am Ufer des Mungo in Kamerun. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 1:3-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209694: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.05.2020
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Taxonomic list
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| Lingulata | |
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Lingula cf. truncata Sowerby 1836 | |
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Discina sp. Lamarck | |
| Polychaeta | |
Serpula octangula n. sp.
Serpula octangula n. sp. von Koenen 1897 | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Lithodomus inflexus n. sp." = Lithophaga inflexa, "Septifer convolutus n. sp." = Brachyodontes convolutus, "Modiola plicifera n. sp." = Modiolus pliciferus
"Lithodomus inflexus n. sp." = Lithophaga inflexa von Koenen 1897 mussel
"Septifer convolutus n. sp." = Brachyodontes convolutus von Koenen 1897 mussel
"Modiola plicifera n. sp." = Modiolus pliciferus von Koenen 1897 mussel | |
"Arca cardiformis n. sp." = Trigonarca cardiformis, "Arca semiglabra n. sp." = Trigonarca semiglabra
"Arca cardiformis n. sp." = Trigonarca cardiformis von Koenen 1897 clam
"Arca semiglabra n. sp." = Trigonarca semiglabra von Koenen 1897 clam | |
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? Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
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Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
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Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra auriformis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 oyster | |
Pinna latissima n. sp.
Pinna latissima n. sp. von Koenen 1897 oyster | |
"Pecten productus n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus, "Pecten kamerunensis n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus
"Pecten productus n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
"Pecten kamerunensis n. sp." = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Plicatula cf. placunea, "Plicatula rugulosa n. sp." = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis, "Plicatula multiplicata n. sp." = Plicatula locardi
Plicatula cf. placunea Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Plicatula rugulosa n. sp." = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
"Plicatula multiplicata n. sp." = Plicatula locardi Thomas and Peron 1890 scallop | |
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Anomia ? laevigata Sowerby 1836 jingle | |
Lima reniformis n. sp., "Lima mungoensis n. sp." = Lima (Radula) mungoensis, "Lima perplana n. sp." = Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana, "Lima dilatata n. sp." = Pseudolimea dilatata
Lima reniformis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 file clam
"Lima mungoensis n. sp." = Lima (Radula) mungoensis von Koenen 1897 file clam
"Lima perplana n. sp." = Lima (Plagiostoma) perplana von Koenen 1897 file clam
"Lima dilatata n. sp." = Pseudolimea dilatata von Koenen 1897 file clam | |
Astarte tecticosta n. sp., Astarte (? Goodallia) trigonella n. sp.
Astarte tecticosta n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam
Astarte (? Goodallia) trigonella n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam | |
Cardita sphaericula n. sp.
Cardita sphaericula n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam | |
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Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Corbula incurvata n. sp.
Corbula incurvata n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam | |
Cardium perobliquum n. sp.
Cardium perobliquum n. sp. von Koenen 1897 cockle | |
Tellina phylloides n. sp.
Tellina phylloides n. sp. von Koenen 1897 tellin clam | |
? Psammobia auriformis n. sp.
? Psammobia auriformis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam | |
"Cytherea cf. plana" = Aphrodina plana, ? Cytherea "n. sp.", ? Cytherea sp., Cytherea corbuloides n. sp., Cytherea wohltmanni n. sp., Cytherea tenuidentata n. sp.
"Cytherea cf. plana" = Aphrodina plana Sowerby 1813 venus clam
? Cytherea "n. sp." Lamarck 1808 venus clam
? Cytherea sp. Lamarck 1808 venus clam
Cytherea corbuloides n. sp. von Koenen 1897 venus clam
Cytherea wohltmanni n. sp. von Koenen 1897 venus clam
Cytherea tenuidentata n. sp. von Koenen 1897 venus clam | |
Liopistha ventricosa n. sp.
Liopistha ventricosa n. sp. von Koenen 1897 clam | |
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Pholadomya cf. elongata Münster 1840 clam | |
Nuculana sp., "Leda cultellus n. sp." = Nuculana cultellus
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
"Leda cultellus n. sp." = Nuculana cultellus von Koenen 1897 pointed nut clam | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni n. sp. von Koenen 1897 ammonite | |
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Acanthoceras sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite | |
"Pulchellia perovalis n. sp." = Neoptychites cephalotus
"Pulchellia perovalis n. sp." = Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite | |
"Neoptychites ingens n. sp." = Hoplitoides ingens, "Pulchellia gibbosula n. sp." = Hoplitoides gibbosulus, "Neoptychites (Hoplites) lentiformis n. sp." = Hoplitoides wohltmanni
"Neoptychites ingens n. sp." = Hoplitoides ingens von Koenen 1897 ammonite
"Pulchellia gibbosula n. sp." = Hoplitoides gibbosulus von Koenen 1897 ammonite
"Neoptychites (Hoplites) lentiformis n. sp." = Hoplitoides wohltmanni von Koenen 1897 ammonite | |
| Gastropoda | |
Nerita multigranosa n. sp.
Nerita multigranosa n. sp. von Koenen 1897 snail | |
Turritella gemmulifera n. sp., Turritella kamerunensis n. sp.
Turritella gemmulifera n. sp. von Koenen 1897 turret shell
Turritella kamerunensis n. sp. von Koenen 1897 turret shell | |
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Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Natica cf. cretacea Goldfuss 1841 moon snail | |
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Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |