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 | |
? Hypophylloceras (Hypophylloceras) sp. Salfeld 1924 ammonite | |
Puebloites greenhornensis Cobban and Scott 1973 ammonite | |
Mossamedites serratocarinatus Kennedy and Cobban 1988 ammonite | |
Tetragonites glabrus Jimbo 1910 ammonite
Anagaudryceras involvulum Stoliczka 1865 ammonite | |
Placenticeras kaffrarium Etheridge 1904 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Acanthotrigonia shepstonei Griesbach 1871 clam |