Also known as Sao Nicolau
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, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; fine-grained siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2005 - present
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106705: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.03.2011, edited by Philip Mannion and Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mollusca spp.2 Linnaeus 1758 | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Reptilia | |
Elasmosauridae indet.2 Cope 1869 elasmosaur MGUAN-PA113, basicranium, and MGUAN-PA126, symphyseal region of the mandibl, various unnumbered specimens, teeth
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Pterosauria indet.1, Pterodactyloidea indet.1, Pteranodontia indet.1, Epapatelo otyikokolo n. gen. n. sp.1
Epapatelo otyikokolo n. gen. n. sp.1 Fernandes et al. 2022 pterosaur MGUAN-PA650 - holotype; referred material: MGUAN-PA661
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Euclastes sp.2 Cope 1870 turtle MGUAN-PA157, complete skull and mandible, cervical vertebrae, peripheral plates, forelimb
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Protostega sp.2 Cope 1871 sea turtle MGUAN-PA158, two humeri, three costal plates, one xiphiplastron, one peripheral plate (single animal)
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Halisaurus sp.2, Phosphorosaurus sp.2, Globidens phosphaticus3, Prognathodon kianda n. sp.5, Liodon sp.2, Carinodens belgicus4, cf. Platecarpus ptychodon2
Halisaurus sp.2 Marsh 1869 mosasaur MGUAN-PA18, two partial skeletons including many elements of the skulls, vertebrae, ribs and limbs
Globidens phosphaticus3 Bardet et al. 2005 mosasaur PA24 (a partial skeleton including many elements of the skull and some postcrania) and PA23 (a fragmentary skull and posterior dorsal vertebra)
Prognathodon kianda n. sp.5 Schulp et al. 2008 mosasaur MGUAN-PA129 (holotype), MGUAN-PA128, MGUAN-PA149, MGUAN-PA150, MGUAN-PA151 - several specimens of different ontogenetic ages; shed teeth, isolated bones, partial skulls and skeletons
cf. Platecarpus ptychodon2 Arambourg 1952 mosasaur MGUAN-PA160, two partial skulls and skeletons including limb material, isolated tooth crowns [new genus not erected but required]
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Gnathostomata | |
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