Baba, Bentiaba: Maastrichtian, Angola
collected 2005 - 2007

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni (Mantell 1829)
original and current combination Mosasaurus hoffmannii
MGUAN-PA35m isolated shed teeth, complete and partial humeri
see common names

Geography
Country:Angola State/province:Namibe
Coordinates: 14.3° South, 12.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.2° South, 1.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Stratigraphy comments: Middle to Upper Maastrichtian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:2005 - 2007
Metadata
Also known as:Sao Nicolau
Database number:140321
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:J. Tennant
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-03-07 21:40:40 Last modified:2021-08-18 06:25:31
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-07 21:40:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]