Rio Maputo, Soc. Agr. de Lumbemba Sul, Catuane (bed 3) (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone

• Calcareous sandstone with numerous shells

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 174802: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp., "Lopha cf. diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Lopha cf. diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp., Liostrea cf. zululandiae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. robinaldina
Pinna cf. robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia dentata
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea parallela
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys cf. goldfussi, "Chlamys robinaldina" = Mimachlamys robinaldina
Chlamys cf. goldfussi Deshayes 1843 scallop
"Chlamys robinaldina" = Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea cf. woodsi
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. aptiensis
Barbatia cf. aptiensis Pictet and Campiche 1866 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia sp., Pterotrigonia cristata
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
Pterotrigonia cristata van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina cf. euglypha
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea gurgitis