Where: Angola (8.4° S, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 2.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cassange Group, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
• Conchostracan beds assigned to Upper Triassic by Tasch (1987)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical in Lisbon
Primary reference: C. Teixeira. 1975. Sur une larve d'insecte fossile (Coleoptere) du Karoo de l'Angola. Boletim da Sociedade Geológica de Portugal 19:131-133 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210174: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Branchiopoda | |
Estheria sp. Ruppell 1837 clam shrimp | |
Insecta | |
Coptoclavia africana n. sp.
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