Where: Congo-Brazzaville (4.0° S, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 2.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Musée Royal de Congo Belge, Tervuren
Primary reference: E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix. 1957. Mollusques fossiles du Crétace de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique du Cameroun à l'Angola. II. - Lamellibranches. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Série in-8, Sciences Géologiques 20:1-271 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191894: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1833 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Oxyrhina mantelli" = Cretoxyrhina mantelli
"Oxyrhina mantelli" = Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
"Anacorax kaupi" = Squalicorax
"Anacorax kaupi" = Squalicorax crow shark | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella (Haustator) aff. premortoni" = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) aff. premortoni" = Haustator turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia aff. meridiana Woods 1906 clam | |
Anofia aro Reyment 1955 venus clam | |