Egito, Benguela basin (Cretaceous of Angola)

Where: Angola (12.0° S, 13.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 26.9° S, 8.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hoplitoplacenticeras vari ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; Hoplitoplacenticeras vari zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within region section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by O'Donnell; reposited in the BMNH

• COLLECTOR: H. O'Donnell. REPOSITORY: BMNH.

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth. 1965. Cretaceous ammonites and nautiloids from Angola. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(10):337-412 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88883: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.04.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras angolaense n. sp.3
Eutrephoceras angolaense n. sp.3 Wiedmann 1960
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum
Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum Yokoyama 1890 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Didymoceras subtuberculatum n. sp.
Didymoceras subtuberculatum n. sp. Howarth 1965 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Tetragonites sp., Gaudryceras mite1, Anagaudryceras mikobokense
Tetragonites sp. Kossmat 1895 ammonite
Gaudryceras mite1 Hauer 1866 ammonite
Anagaudryceras mikobokense Collignon 1956 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Hoplitoplacenticeras sp., "Hoplitoplacenticeras marroti" = Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) marroti, Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum
Hoplitoplacenticeras sp. Paulcke 1906 ammonite
"Hoplitoplacenticeras marroti" = Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) marroti Coquand 1859 ammonite
Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum Schlüter 1867 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmophyllites diphylloides2, Oiophyllites angolaensis n. sp.2, Kitchinites angolaensis
Desmophyllites diphylloides2 Forbes 1846 ammonite
Oiophyllites angolaensis n. sp.2 Spath 1953 ammonite
Kitchinites angolaensis Howarth 1965 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Eupachydiscus pseudogrossouvrei
Eupachydiscus pseudogrossouvrei Collignon 1955 ammonite
1Cooper 2003; 2Spath 1953; 3Wiedmann 1960