Santa Clara-Dombe Grande (Eocene of Angola)

Where: Angola (12.8° S, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.7° S, 7.3° E)

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• no stratigraphy reported

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Adnet, R. Hoseinzadeh, M. T. Antunes, A. C. Balbino, V. A. Kozlov and H. Cappetta. 2009. Review of the enigmatic Eocene shark genus Xiphodolamia (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) and description of a new species recovered from Angola, Iran and Jordan. Journal of African Earth Sciences 66:197-204 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 149604: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Xiphodolamia serrata n. sp. Adnet et al. 2009 elasmobranch