Dombe-Grande (couches à Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis) (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (12.9° S, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.4° S, 6.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. Malheiro in 1882-1886

Primary reference: P. Choffat and P. de Loriol. 1888. Matériaux pour l'étude stratigraphique et paléontologique de la province d'Angola. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 30(2):1-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210857: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrites delgadoi n. sp., Cylindrites cordeiroi n. sp.
Cylindrites delgadoi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
Cylindrites cordeiroi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Bullina malheiroi n. sp., Actaeon lenzi n. sp.
Bullina malheiroi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
Actaeon lenzi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita malheiroi n. sp.
Nerita malheiroi n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Natica bulbiformis" = Ampullospira bulbiformis
"Natica bulbiformis" = Ampullospira bulbiformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma pechueli n. sp.
Tylostoma pechueli n. sp. Choffat 1888 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica feioi n. sp.
Natica feioi n. sp. Choffat 1888 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
Glauconia aff. kefersteini
Glauconia aff. kefersteini Goldfuss 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus praelongus" = Lithophaga praelonga
"Lithodomus praelongus" = Lithophaga praelonga d'Orbigny 1843 mussel
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna robinaldina
Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Janira ficalhoi n. sp." = Neithea ficalhoi
"Janira ficalhoi n. sp." = Neithea ficalhoi Choffat 1888 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya cf. collombi, Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis n. sp.
Pholadomya cf. collombi Coquand 1866 clam
Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis n. sp. Choffat 1888 clam
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Pygurus africanus n. sp.
Pygurus africanus n. sp. de Loriol 1888 sea urchin
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
"Salenia dombeensis n. sp." = Leptosalenia sergipensis
"Salenia dombeensis n. sp." = Leptosalenia sergipensis White 1887 sea urchin