Carimba, Benguela basin [Teba Fm] (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (13.0° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Teba Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Teba Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not stated.. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within region section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by O'Donnell; reposited in the BMNH

• COLLECTOR: H. O'Donnell. REPOSITORY: BMNH.

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth. 1965. Cretaceous ammonites and nautiloids from Angola. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(10):337-412 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88884: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites subanceps
Baculites subanceps Haughton 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Didymoceras californicum
Didymoceras californicum Anderson 1958 ammonite