West of São Nicolau, bed IV (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (14.3° S, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.7° S, 1.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Salinas Formation, Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Although most of these taxa are long ranging and do not provide precise age determinations, M. serratocarinatus (Kennedy & Cobban) occurs in the upper part of the Middle Turonian in New Mexico and serves to date Bed IV.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, brown limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M.R. Cooper in 1972

• Repository: South African Museum

Primary reference: M. R. Cooper. 2003. Upper Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) ammonites from São Nicolau, Angola. Annals of the South African Museum 110:89-146 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210897: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Puebloites greenhornensis Cobban and Scott 1973 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Mossamedites serratocarinatus Kennedy and Cobban 1988 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Tetragonites glabrus Jimbo 1910 ammonite
Anagaudryceras involvulum Stoliczka 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras kaffrarium Etheridge 1904 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Acanthotrigonia shepstonei Griesbach 1871 clam