Kibamba (Loya quarry), Moyen-Congo (Cretaceous of Congo-Brazzaville)

Where: Congo-Brazzaville (4.8° S, 11.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.7° S, 8.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, yellow, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Musée Royal de Congo Belge, Tervuren

Primary reference: E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix. 1957. Mollusques fossiles du Crétace de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique du Cameroun à l'Angola. II. - Lamellibranches. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Série in-8, Sciences Géologiques 20:1-271 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191892: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca curvatodonta oblonga
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta vesicularis proboscidea
Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus crenulatus
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha similis
Volutomorpha similis Riedel 1933 volute
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) cf. thevestensis" = Cryptorhytis, "Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) cf. bleicheri" = Cryptorhytis
"Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) cf. thevestensis" = Cryptorhytis snail
"Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) cf. bleicheri" = Cryptorhytis snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Aphrodina (Mesocallista) euglypha" = Mesocallista, Trigonocallista umzambiensis, Anofia aro
"Aphrodina (Mesocallista) euglypha" = Mesocallista venus clam
Anofia aro Reyment 1955 venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Agelasina plenodonta, Veniella auressensis, Veniella drui, Veniella sp.
Agelasina plenodonta Riedel 1933 clam
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) coquandi, Granocardium (Granocardium) reynoldsi
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte similis
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella africana, Crassatella aff. desvauxi
Crassatella aff. desvauxi Coquand 1862 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula hirsuta, "Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis, Plicatula cf. ventilabrum
Plicatula hirsuta Coquand 1880 scallop
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
Plicatula cf. ventilabrum Coquand 1880 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea reniformis
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"? Liostrea delettrei" = Gyrostrea delettrei, Liostrea bourguignati, Liostrea heinzi
"? Liostrea delettrei" = Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Liostrea bourguignati Coquand 1869 oyster
Liostrea heinzi Peron and Thomas 1891 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Eonavicula) bogaerti n. sp.
Arca (Eonavicula) bogaerti n. sp. Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Pseudocucullaea lens
Pseudocucullaea lens Solger 1903 clam