Iembe, Tadi: Coniacian, Angola
collected by O. Mateus 2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Jacobs et al. 2006 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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= Angolatitan adamastor n. gen., n. sp.
Mateus et al. 2011
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Mateus et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| MGUANPA-003, partial right forelimb | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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| Isolated bones and teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus iembeensis n. sp.
Antunes 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Tylosaurus iembeensis | ||||||||||
| MGUAN-PA64, fragmentary skull elements | ||||||||||
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Halisaurinae sp.
Bardet et al. 2005
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Mateus et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MGUAN-PA070, cervical vertebra, two dorsal vertebrae and four caudal vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Angolasaurus bocagei n. gen., n. sp.
Antunes 1964
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| MGUAN-PA001, partial skull, MGUAN-PA063, MGUAN-PA065, articulated skull, partial postcrania, and nearly complete forelimbs | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Sandownidae
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Angolachelys mbaxi n. gen., n. sp.
Mateus et al. 2009
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Mateus et al. 2009 | |||||||||
| MGUAN-PA722;PA 002, a nearly complete skull, an ungual pha− lanx, two cervical vertebrae, proximal part of the ilium, shell parts, and a few uninformative fragments. It will ultimately be housed in the Geo− logical Museum of the Universidade Agostinho Neto, in Luanda, An− gola, and replicas will be kept in the participating institutions | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Angola | State/province: | Bengo |
| Coordinates: | 8.2° South, 13.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.7° South, 2.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Coniacian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: "near shore marine sediment" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | O. Mateus | Collection dates: | 2005 |
| Collection method comments: MGUAN-PA: Museu de Geologia da Universidade Agostinho Neto – PaleoAngola Project, Luanda, Angola | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 60168 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler, P. Mannion | Enterer: | K. Maguire, R. Butler, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-04 07:47:31 | Last modified: | 2019-03-11 07:17:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-04 07:47:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48111. | M. T. Antunes. 1964. O Neocretácico e o Cenozoico do litoral de Angola. Junta de Investigações do Ultramar 1-254 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 17306 | ETE | L. L. Jacobs, O. Mateus, M. J. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, M. T. Antunes, M. L. Morais, and T. S. Tavares. 2006. The occurrence and geological setting of Cretaceous dinosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles in Angola. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 22(1):91-110 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 37391 | O. Mateus, L. Jacobs, M. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, D. P. Vineyard, A. B. Neto, and M. T. Antunes. 2009. The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):581-588 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/O. Alfaro] | |
| 45398 | 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] | |
| 35572 | O. M. Mateus, L. L. Jacobs, A. S. Schulp, M. L. Polcyn, T. S. Tavares, A. B. Neto, M. L. Morais and M. T. Antunes. 2011. Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83(1):221-233 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |