Mocuio Formation

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Mocuio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian—Early Maastrichtian
Type Geological formation
Overlies Baba Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
CountryAngola

The Mocuio Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation with outcrops in southern Angola. It extends from the latest Campanian to the early Maastrichtian. [1] Many vertebrate fossils have been collected from the formation.

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Fossil content

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxonTaxon falsely reported as presentDubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Mocuio Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage
Epapatelo [2] E. otyikokol Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian An aponyctosaurian pteranodontian

Crocodylomorphs

Crocodylomorphs of the Mocuio Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage
Hyposaurinae indet. [3] IndeterminateNamibe Province, AngolaMaatrichtianA hyposaurine dyrosaurid

Mosasaurs

Mosasaurs of the Mocuio Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage
Bentiabasaurus [4] B. jacobsiNamibe Province, AngolaMaastrichtianA mosasaurin mosasaurine
Gavialimimus G. almaghribensisNamibe Province, AngolaMaastrichtianA selmasaurin plioplatecarpine
Globidens G. phosphaticusNamibe Province, AngolaMaastrichtianA globidensin mosasaurine
Prognathodon P. kiandaNamibe Province, AngolaMaastrichtianA prognathodontin mosasaurine

Plesiosaurs

Plesiosaurs of the Mocuio Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage
Cardiocorax [5] C. mukuluNamibe Province, AngolaMaastrichtianA elasmosaurid plesiosaur

See also

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. ↑ Fernandes AE, Mateus O, Andres B, Polcyn MJ, Schulp AS, Gonçalves AO, Jacobs LL (2022). "Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola". Diversity. 14 (9). 741. Bibcode:2022Diver..14..741F. doi: 10.3390/d14090741 . hdl: 10362/145845 .
  3. ↑ Maréchal, A.; Rotatori, F. M.; Merella, M.; Puértolas-Pascual, E.; Sequero, C.; Pereira, R.; Nsungani, P.; Mateus, O. (2025). "A new Maastrichtian hyposaurine dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha) from Namibe province, Angola". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4) zlaf092. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf092.
  4. ↑ Čerňanský, A.; Daza, J. D.; Tabuce, R.; Saxton, E.; Vidalenc, D. (2023). "An early Eocene pan-gekkotan from France could represent an extra squamate group that survived the K/Pg extinction". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 68 (4): 695–708. doi: 10.4202/app.01083.2023 .
  5. ↑ R. Araújo; M.J. Polcyn; A.S. Schulp; O. Mateus; L.L. Jacobs; A. Olímpio Gonçalves; M.-L. Morais (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. doi: 10.1017/njg.2014.44 . S2CID   86616531.
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