ammonites
Landana cliffs (Paleocene of Angola)

Also known as Congosaurus bequaerti type locality

Where: Cabinda, Angola (12.5° S, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° S, 9.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Paleocene (65.5 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed ("couche") no. 8

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy, calcareous sandstone and lithified shale

• Sediments mainly consist of calcareous sandstones, marly shales, conglomerates and, near the top, silicified limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Bequaert in 1913

Primary reference: S. Jouve and D. Schwarz. 2004. Congosaurus bequaerti, a Paleocene Dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes; Mesoeucrocodylia) from Landana (Angola). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 74:129-146 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113759: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.08.2011