List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola explained

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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

See also

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
• Geology of Angola

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Luanda&group_formation_member=Luanda Luanda Formation
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Quimbriz&group_formation_member=Quimbriz Quimbriz Formation
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Quifangondo&group_formation_member=Quifangondo Quifangondo Formation
4. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Landana&group_formation_member=Landana Landana Formation
5. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Teba&group_formation_member=Teba Teba Formation
6. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=N%27Golome%20marl&group_formation_member=N%27Golome%20marl N'Golome Marl
7. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Tadi%20Beds&group_formation_member=Tadi%20Beds Itombe Formation
8. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Cassange&formation=Camadas%20com%20peixes&group_formation_member=Camadas%20com%20peixes Camadas Com Peixes Formation
9. Book: Mateus . Octávio . Biodiversity of Angola . Callapez . Pedro M. . Polcyn . Michael J. . Schulp . Anne S. . Gonçalves . António Olímpio . Jacobs . Louis L. . The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective . Springer International Publishing . 53–76 . en . 10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4 . 2019. 978-3-030-03082-7 .