Where: Mozambique (26.8° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 4.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• Listed as bed 6 in locality description, but bed 5 in taxon descriptions.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, brown, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BSP
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174621: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia cf. aptiensis Pictet and Campiche 1866 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Liostrea cf. zululandiae oyster | |
Camptonectes striatopunctatus Roemer 1839 scallop | |
Entolium orbicularis scallop | |
Aphrodina cf. euglypha venus clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cymatoceras neckerianum Pictet 1847 nautiloid | |
Peratobelus sp. belemnite | |
Neohibolites cf. inflexus belemnite | |
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"Acanthohoplites (Nolaniceras) uhligi" = Hypacanthoplites uhligi
"Acanthohoplites (Nolaniceras) uhligi" = Hypacanthoplites uhligi Anthula 1899 ammonite | |
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Protetragonites crebrisulcatus Uhlig 1883 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Ringinella lacryma snail |