Where: Angola (14.3° S, 12.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 26.9° S, 6.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Canico Member (Baba Formation), Middle Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• The relative abundance of Hauericeras (Gardeniceras) gardeni (Baily) and Texanites venustus Collignon in the Sao Nicolau fauna is believed to be biostratigraphically meaningful since these taxa first appear only in the Middle Santonian "Zone a Texanites hourcqui" of Madagascar (Besairie 1972: 285) and, likewise, are absent from the Lower Santonian of Zululand (pers. obs.). The balance of faunal evidence favours, therefore, a mid-Santonian age for the Canico Member at Sao Nicolau.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: South African Museum

Primary reference: M. R. Cooper. 2003. Stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Baba Formation at São Nicolau, Angola. Annals of the South African Museum 110:147-170 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210904: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2020

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