Rio Changalane (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

Where: Mozambique (26.3° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° S, 14.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, brown sandstone

• Light brown fine sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BSP

Primary reference: R. Förster. 1975. Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12:3-324 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174827: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Spondylus cf. dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus, Camptonectes sp.
"Spondylus cf. dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Mortoniceras sp. Meek 1876 ammonite
Hysteroceras cf. carinatum Spath 1922 ammonite
Hysteroceras aff. subbinum Spath 1934 ammonite
Hysteroceras orbignyi Spath 1922 ammonite
Hysteroceras choffati Spath 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Labeceratidae
Labeceras cf. crassicostatum Collignon 1962 ammonite
Labeceras (Appurdiceras) sp. Whitehouse 1926 ammonite
Labeceras plasticum Spath 1925 ammonite
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Clypeopygus sp. sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster zululandensis Besairie and Lambert 1930 heart urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae