Jablonski & Raup Locality 171 (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (12.0° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 3.7° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: D. Jablonski and D. M. Raup. 1999. Unpublished data on Cretaceous-Paleocene molluscan assemblages. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/A. Hendy]more details

PaleoDB collection 1369: authorized by Dave Jablonski, entered by Dave Jablonski on 06.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

• history: new-15, DJ 1992, replaces old m-171 (vetted by DJ in 1991)
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus expansus Bailly 1855 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella undata Conrad 1852 clam
Veniella forbesiana Stoliczka 1870 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira cretacea Whiteaves 1873 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia borgesi Rennie 1945 clam