Also known as Sao Nicolau
Where: Namibe, Angola (14.3° S, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 1.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Middle to Upper Maastrichtian
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2005 - 2007
Primary reference: O. Mateus, M. J. Polcyn, L. L. Jacobs, R. Arujo, A. S. Schulp, J. Marinheiro, B. Pereira and D. P. Vineyard. 2012. Cretaceous amniotes from Angola: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles. Actas de V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos 71-105 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140321: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 07.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii
"Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mantell 1829 mosasaur MGUAN-PA35m isolated shed teeth, complete and partial humeri
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