List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola.

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola
Neogene
Paleogene
Late Cretaceous
Early Triassic

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
GroupFormationPeriodNotes
Luanda FormationLate Miocene-Pliocene[1]
Quimbriz FormationMiocene[2]
Quifangondo FormationEocene[3]
Landana FormationSelandian[4]
Teba FormationTuronian-Campanian[5]
N'Golome MarlLate Coniacian[6]
Itombe FormationTuronian[7]
Cassange GroupCamadas Com Peixes FormationEarly Triassic[8]

Itombe formation was considered Turonian in age, but new data suggests to be Coniacian.[9]

See also

References
  1. Luanda Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Quimbriz Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. Quifangondo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. Landana Formation at Fossilworks.org
  5. Teba Formation at Fossilworks.org
  6. N'Golome Marl at Fossilworks.org
  7. Itombe Formation at Fossilworks.org
  8. Camadas Com Peixes Formation at Fossilworks.org
  9. Mateus, Octávio; Callapez, Pedro M.; Polcyn, Michael J.; Schulp, Anne S.; Gonçalves, António Olímpio; Jacobs, Louis L. (2019). "The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective". Biodiversity of Angola. Springer International Publishing. pp. 53–76. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4. ISBN 978-3-030-03082-7.

Further reading
  • M. T. Antunes, J. G. Maisey, M. M. Marques, B. Schaeffer, and K. S. Thomson. 1990. Triassic Fishes from the Cassange Depression (R. P. De Angola). Ciências da Terra (UNL), Número Especial 1-64
  • M. T. Antunes. 1977. Late Neogene fish faunas from Angola, their age and significance. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 20:224-229
  • D. B. Blake, G. Breton, and S. Gofas. 1996. A new genus ans [sic] species of Asteriidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Angola, Africa. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70(1/2):181-187
  • K. E. Caster. 1938. Macroscopic fauna of the Quimbriz (Eocene) Formation on the Lucolo River, Angola. Separata do tômo XX das Communições dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal
  • J. Graf, L. Jacobs, M. Polcyn, O. Mateus, and A. Schulp. 2011. New fossil whales from Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts:119
  • A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
  • R. C. Wood. 1973. Fossil marine turtle remains from the Paleocene of the Congo. Annales du Musee Royal d'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Geologiques 75:1-28
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