Mocuio Formation

Mocuio Formation
Mocuio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian—Early Maastrichtian
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Baba Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Country	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.^[1] Many vertebrate fossils have been collected from the formation.

Paleofauna

Paleofauna of the Mocuio Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Bentiabasaurus^[2]	B. jacobsi				A mosasaur
Cardiocorax^[3]	C. mukulu				A plesiosaur
Epapatelo^[4]	E. otyikokolo			Partial left limb bones from two individuals	A pterosaur

References

^ 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. ISSN 1464-343X.
^ 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.
^ Araújo, R.; Polcyn, M. J.; Schulp, A. S.; Mateus, O.; Jacobs, L. L.; Gonçalves, A. Olímpio; Morais, M.-L. (March 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. Bibcode:2015NJGeo..94..109A. doi:10.1017/njg.2014.44. ISSN 0016-7746.
^ Fernandes, Alexandra E.; Mateus, Octávio; Andres, Brian; Polcyn, Michael J.; Schulp, Anne S.; Gonçalves, António Olímpio; Jacobs, Louis L. (September 2022). "Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola". Diversity. 14 (9): 741. doi:10.3390/d14090741. hdl:10362/145845. ISSN 1424-2818.

[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. ISSN 1464-343X.

[2] 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.

[3] Araújo, R.; Polcyn, M. J.; Schulp, A. S.; Mateus, O.; Jacobs, L. L.; Gonçalves, A. Olímpio; Morais, M.-L. (March 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. Bibcode:2015NJGeo..94..109A. doi:10.1017/njg.2014.44. ISSN 0016-7746.

[4] Fernandes, Alexandra E.; Mateus, Octávio; Andres, Brian; Polcyn, Michael J.; Schulp, Anne S.; Gonçalves, António Olímpio; Jacobs, Louis L. (September 2022). "Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola". Diversity. 14 (9): 741. doi:10.3390/d14090741. hdl:10362/145845. ISSN 1424-2818.

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