Manzadi: Maastrichtian, Congo-Kinshasa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon sp.
Dollo 1889
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| Two teeth | ||||||||||
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Plioplatecarpus sp.
Dollo 1882
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| Four teeth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Congo-Kinshasa |
| Coordinates: | 5.9° South, 13.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.1° South, 4.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 142145 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-06 05:31:04 | Last modified: | 2020-04-25 14:27:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-06 05:31:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46177. | T. Lingham-Soliar. 1994. First record of mosasaurs from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Zaire. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 68(1/2):259-265 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |