Mouth of the Dande (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (8.5° S, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 3.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white sandstone

• Very fine sandstone with carbonate cement, weakly micaceous, and white in color

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Lang in 1839

Primary reference: P. Choffat. 1905. Contributions a la Connaissance Géologique des Colonies Portugaises d'Afrique. II. Nouvelles Données sur la Zone Littorale d'Angola 1-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210892: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus langi n. sp." = Cataceramus langi
"Inoceramus langi n. sp." = Cataceramus langi Choffat 1905 clam