Where: Namibe, Angola (14.3° S, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.0° S, 1.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mocuio Formation (São Nicolau Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Araújo, M. J. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, O. Mateus, L. L. Jacobs, A. O. Olímpio Gonçalves, and M.-L. Morais. 2015. A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 94(1):109-120 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194128: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cardiocorax mukulu n. gen. n. sp.
Cardiocorax mukulu n. gen. n. sp. Araújo et al. 2015 elasmosaur MGUAN PA103 - holotype; referred specimen (MGAUN PA270) found approximately 7 m from the holotype
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