Bentiaba, just above Bench 19 (Cretaceous of Angola)

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

• Very fine 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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
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