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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola.

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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GroupFormationPeriodclass="unsortable"| Notes
Luanda Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|pliocene}};" | Late Miocene-Pliocenealign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Luanda&group_formation_member=Luanda Luanda Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Quimbriz Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|miocene}};" | Miocenealign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Quimbriz&group_formation_member=Quimbriz Quimbriz Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Quifangondo Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|eocene}};" | Eocenealign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Quifangondo&group_formation_member=Quifangondo Quifangondo Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Landana Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|selandian}};" | Selandianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Landana&group_formation_member=Landana Landana Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Teba Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|campanian}};" | Turonian-Campanianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Teba&group_formation_member=Teba Teba Formation] at Fossilworks.org
N'Golome Marlstyle="background-color: {{period color|coniacian}};" | Late Coniacianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=N%27Golome%20marl&group_formation_member=N%27Golome%20marl N'Golome Marl] at Fossilworks.org
Itombe Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|turonian}};" |Turonianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Tadi%20Beds&group_formation_member=Tadi%20Beds Itombe Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Cassange GroupCamadas Com Peixes Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|ladinian}};" | Early Triassicalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Cassange&formation=Camadas%20com%20peixes&group_formation_member=Camadas%20com%20peixes Camadas Com Peixes Formation] at Fossilworks.org

Itombe formation was considered Turonian in age, but new data suggests to be Coniacian.{{cite book |last1=Mateus |first1=Octávio |title=Biodiversity of Angola |last2=Callapez |first2=Pedro M. |last3=Polcyn |first3=Michael J. |last4=Schulp |first4=Anne S. |last5=Gonçalves |first5=António Olímpio |last6=Jacobs |first6=Louis L. |chapter=The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective |publisher=Springer International Publishing |pages=53–76 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4 |date=2019|isbn=978-3-030-03082-7 }}

See also

References

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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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