Mocuio Formation

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

1. Strganac, Christopher; Salminen, Johanna; Jacobs, Louis L.; Polcyn, Michael J.; Ferguson, Kurt M.; Mateus, Octávio; Schulp, Anne S.; Morais, Maria Luísa; Tavares, Tatiana da Silva; Gonçalves, António Olímpio (2014-11-01). "Carbon isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola". Journal of African Earth Sciences. Special Volume of the 24th Colloquium of African Geology. 99: 452–462. Bibcode:2014JAfES..99..452S. doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.03.003 . ISSN   1464-343X.
2. 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.
3. 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". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 94 (1): 109–120. Bibcode:2015NJGeo..94..109A. doi: 10.1017/njg.2014.44 . ISSN   0016-7746.
4. 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". Diversity. 14 (9): 741. doi: 10.3390/d14090741 . hdl: 10362/145845 . ISSN   1424-2818.