List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola
Neogene
Paleogene
Late Cretaceous
Early Triassic

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

GroupFormationPeriodNotes
Luanda FormationLate Miocene-Pliocene[1]
Quimbriz FormationMiocene[2]
Quifangondo FormationEocene[3]
Landana FormationSelandian[4]
Teba FormationTuronian-Campanian[5]
N'Golome MarlLate Coniacian[6]
Itombe FormationTuronian[7]
Cassange GroupCamadas Com Peixes FormationEarly Triassic[8]

See also

References

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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