Teba Formation (of Haughton) (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (13.0° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Teba Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Teba Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not stated.. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist is representative of formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Haughton

• COLLECTOR: S. Haughton, 1920's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth. 1965. Cretaceous ammonites and nautiloids from Angola. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(10):337-412 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88885: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Menuites sp.
Menuites sp. Spath 1922 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Libycoceras sp.
Libycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Solenoceras sp.
Solenoceras sp. Conrad 1860 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites subanceps
Baculites subanceps Haughton 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras sp., Didymoceras sp., Axonoceras sp.
Nostoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 ammonite
Didymoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Axonoceras sp. Stephenson 1941 ammonite