Mocuio Formation

Mocuio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian–Early Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
OverliesBaba Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
CountryAngola

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.

Fossil content

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious 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
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Epapatelo[2] E. otyikokolo Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian Left humerus & Left ulna. A aponyctosaurian pteranodontian

Crocodylomorphs

Crocodylomorphs of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Hyposaurinae Indet.[3] Indeterminate Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian A hyposaurine dyrosaurid

Mosasaurs

Mosasaurs of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Bentiabasaurus[4] B. jacobsi Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian Partial skeleton. A mosasaurin mosasaurine

Plesiosaurs

Plesiosaurs of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Cardiocorax[5] C. mukulu Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian Partial skeleton. A euelasmosauridan elasmosaurid

Fish

Cartilaginous Fish

Cartilaginous fish of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Rolfodon[6] R. goliath Namibe Province, Angola Campanian Teeth. A chlamydoselachid hexanchiform

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. hdl:10138/224244. 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. ↑ 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.
  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.
  6. ↑ Henri Cappetta; Kurt Morrison; Sylvain Adnet (2019). "A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 33 (8): 1121–1182. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1681421. S2CID 212878837.
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