Where: Angola (14.2° S, 12.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 1.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Watinoceras coloradoense ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• About 8 nodule horizons in 6 m of section. Watinoceras coloradoense comes from loose material but presumably indicates earliest Turonian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, nodular, brown siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: South African Museum
Primary reference: M. R. Cooper. 1978. Uppermost Cenomanian-basal Turonian ammonites from Salinas, Angola. Annals of the South African Museum 75(5):51-152 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175546: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Watinoceras (Watinoceras) coloradoense" = Watinoceras coloradoense
"Watinoceras (Watinoceras) coloradoense" = Watinoceras coloradoense Henderson 1908 ammonite |