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
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 | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Bivalvia | |
Liostrea zululandiae oyster | |
Pinna cf. robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster | |
"Spondylus cf. dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus, Camptonectes sp.
"Spondylus cf. dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop | |
Entolium orbicularis scallop | |
Panopea gurgitis clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) vignesi Lartet 1877 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Avellana incrassata snail | |
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Semisolarium conoideum snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Mortoniceras sp., Hysteroceras cf. carinatum, Hysteroceras aff. subbinum, Hysteroceras orbignyi, Hysteroceras choffati
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 | |
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite | |
Labeceras cf. crassicostatum Collignon 1962 ammonite
Labeceras (Appurdiceras) sp. Whitehouse 1926 ammonite
Labeceras plasticum Spath 1925 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Clypeopygus sp. sea urchin | |
Hemiaster zululandensis Besairie and Lambert 1930 heart urchin | |
Holaster vanhoepeni sea urchin |