Mocuio Formation

{{Short description|Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in Angola}}

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The Mocuio Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in southern Angola. It extends from the latest Campanian to the Early Maastrichtian.{{Cite journal |last1=Strganac |first1=Christopher |last2=Salminen |first2=Johanna |last3=Jacobs |first3=Louis L. |last4=Polcyn |first4=Michael J. |last5=Ferguson |first5=Kurt M. |last6=Mateus |first6=Octávio |last7=Schulp |first7=Anne S. |last8=Morais |first8=Maria Luísa |last9=Tavares |first9=Tatiana da Silva |last10=Gonçalves |first10=António Olímpio |date=2014-11-01 |title=Carbon isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |series=Special Volume of the 24th Colloquium of African Geology |language=en |volume=99 |pages=452–462 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.03.003 |bibcode=2014JAfES..99..452S |issn=1464-343X|doi-access=free }} Many vertebrate fossils have been collected from the formation.

Paleofauna

class="wikitable" align="center" ! colspan="7" align="center" \|Paleofauna of the Mocuio Formation
Genus !Species !Location !Stratigraphic position !Material !Notes !Images
Bentiabasaurus{{Cite journal \|last1=Polcyn \|first1=Michael J. \|last2=Schulp \|first2=Anne S. \|last3=Gonçalves \|first3=António O. \|date=2023 \|title=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 \|journal=Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution \|volume=Essays in honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs \|pages=66–98}} \|B. jacobsi \| \| \| \|A mosasaur \|
Cardiocorax{{Cite journal \|last1=Araújo \|first1=R. \|last2=Polcyn \|first2=M. J. \|last3=Schulp \|first3=A. S. \|last4=Mateus \|first4=O. \|last5=Jacobs \|first5=L. L. \|last6=Gonçalves \|first6=A. Olímpio \|last7=Morais \|first7=M.-L. \|date=March 2015 \|title=A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs \|journal=Netherlands Journal of Geosciences \|language=en \|volume=94 \|issue=1 \|pages=109–120 \|doi=10.1017/njg.2014.44 \|issn=0016-7746\|doi-access=free \|bibcode=2015NJGeo..94..109A }} \|C. mukulu \| \| \| \|A plesiosaur \|
Epapatelo{{Cite journal \|last1=Fernandes \|first1=Alexandra E. \|last2=Mateus \|first2=Octávio \|last3=Andres \|first3=Brian \|last4=Polcyn \|first4=Michael J. \|last5=Schulp \|first5=Anne S. \|last6=Gonçalves \|first6=António Olímpio \|last7=Jacobs \|first7=Louis L. \|date=September 2022 \|title=Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola \|journal=Diversity \|language=en \|volume=14 \|issue=9 \|pages=741 \|doi=10.3390/d14090741 \|issn=1424-2818\|doi-access=free \|hdl=10362/145845 \|hdl-access=free }} \|E. otyikokolo \| \| \|Partial left limb bones from two individuals \|A pterosaur \|

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! colspan="7" align="center" |Paleofauna of the Mocuio Formation

Genus

!Species

!Location

!Stratigraphic position

!Material

!Notes

!Images

Bentiabasaurus{{Cite journal |last1=Polcyn |first1=Michael J. |last2=Schulp |first2=Anne S. |last3=Gonçalves |first3=António O. |date=2023 |title=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 |journal=Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution |volume=Essays in honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs |pages=66–98}}

|B. jacobsi

|A mosasaur

Cardiocorax{{Cite journal |last1=Araújo |first1=R. |last2=Polcyn |first2=M. J. |last3=Schulp |first3=A. S. |last4=Mateus |first4=O. |last5=Jacobs |first5=L. L. |last6=Gonçalves |first6=A. Olímpio |last7=Morais |first7=M.-L. |date=March 2015 |title=A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs |journal=Netherlands Journal of Geosciences |language=en |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=109–120 |doi=10.1017/njg.2014.44 |issn=0016-7746|doi-access=free |bibcode=2015NJGeo..94..109A }}

|C. mukulu

|A plesiosaur

Epapatelo{{Cite journal |last1=Fernandes |first1=Alexandra E. |last2=Mateus |first2=Octávio |last3=Andres |first3=Brian |last4=Polcyn |first4=Michael J. |last5=Schulp |first5=Anne S. |last6=Gonçalves |first6=António Olímpio |last7=Jacobs |first7=Louis L. |date=September 2022 |title=Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola |journal=Diversity |language=en |volume=14 |issue=9 |pages=741 |doi=10.3390/d14090741 |issn=1424-2818|doi-access=free |hdl=10362/145845 |hdl-access=free }}

|E. otyikokolo

|Partial left limb bones from two individuals

|A pterosaur

References

Category:Geologic formations of Angola

Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Africa

Category:Campanian Stage

Category:Maastrichtian Stage

Category:Sandstone formations

Category:Paleontology in Angola

Mocuio Formation

Paleofauna

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