Earth:Mocuio Formation
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Short description: Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in Angola
| Mocuio Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian—Early Maastrichtian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Overlies | Baba Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Country |  Angola |
The Mocuio Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in southern Angola. It extends from the latest Campanian to the Early Maastrichtian.[1] Many vertebrate fossils have been collected from the formation.
Paleofauna
| Paleofauna of the Mocuio Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Bentiabasaurus[2] | B. jacobsi | A mosasaur | ||||
| Cardiocorax[3] | C. mukulu | A plesiosaur | ||||
| Epapatelo[4] | E. otyikokolo | Partial left limb bones from two individuals | A pterosaur | |||
See also
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola
- Geology of Angola
References
- ↑ Strganac, Christopher; Salminen, Johanna; Jacobs, Louis L.; Polcyn, Michael J.; Ferguson, Kurt M.; Mateus, Octávio; Schulp, Anne S.; Morais, Maria Luísa et al. (2014-11-01). "Carbon isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola" (in en). Journal of African Earth Sciences. Special Volume of the 24th Colloquium of African Geology 99: 452–462. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.03.003. ISSN 1464-343X. Bibcode: 2014JAfES..99..452S.
- ↑ Polcyn, Michael J.; Schulp, Anne S.; Gonçalves, António O. (2023). "REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED IN-SITU GUT-CONTENT IN A SPECIMEN OF PROGNATHODON KIANDA (SQUAMATA: MOSASAURIDAE) REVEALS MULTISPECIES INTRAFAMILIAL PREDATION, CANNIBALISM, AND A NEW MOSASAURINE TAXON". Windows Into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution Essays in honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs: 66-98.
- ↑ Araújo, R.; Polcyn, M. J.; Schulp, A. S.; Mateus, O.; Jacobs, L. L.; Gonçalves, A. Olímpio; Morais, M.-L. (March 2015). "A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs" (in en). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 94 (1): 109–120. doi:10.1017/njg.2014.44. ISSN 0016-7746.
- ↑ Fernandes, Alexandra E.; Mateus, Octávio; Andres, Brian; Polcyn, Michael J.; Schulp, Anne S.; Gonçalves, António Olímpio; Jacobs, Louis L. (September 2022). "Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola" (in en). Diversity 14 (9): 741. doi:10.3390/d14090741. ISSN 1424-2818.
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