Where: Mozambique (26.8° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 2.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: South African Museum
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, H. C. Klinger, and M. V. Kakabadze. 2009. Macroscaphites Meek, 1876, a heteromorph ammonite from the Lower Aptian of southern Mozambique and northern KwaZulu-Natal. African Natural History 5:37-41 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177193: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Macroscaphites soaresi Da Silva 1962 ammonite |