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Mocuio Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian–Early Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
OverliesBaba Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
CountryAngola

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.

Fossil content

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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Pterosaurs

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Pterosaurs of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Epapatelo[2] E. otyikokolo Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian Left humerus & Left ulna. A aponyctosaurian pteranodontian

Crocodylomorphs

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Crocodylomorphs of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Hyposaurinae Indet.[3] Indeterminate Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian A hyposaurine dyrosaurid

Mosasaurs

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Mosasaurs of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Bentiabasaurus[4] B. jacobsi Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian Partial skeleton. A mosasaurin mosasaurine

Plesiosaurs

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Plesiosaurs of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Cardiocorax[5] C. mukulu Namibe Province, Angola Maastrichtian Partial skeleton. A euelasmosauridan elasmosaurid

Fish

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Cartilaginous Fish

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Cartilaginous fish of the Mocuio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Rolfodon[6] R. goliath Namibe Province, Angola Campanian Teeth. A chlamydoselachid hexanchiform

See also

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References

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  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. hdl:10138/224244. ISSN 1464-343X.
  2. ↑ Fernandes AE, Mateus O, Andres B, Polcyn MJ, Schulp AS, Gonçalves AO, Jacobs LL (2022). "Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola". Diversity. 14 (9). 741. Bibcode:2022Diver..14..741F. doi:10.3390/d14090741. hdl:10362/145845.
  3. ↑ Maréchal, A.; Rotatori, F. M.; Merella, M.; Puértolas-Pascual, E.; Sequero, C.; Pereira, R.; Nsungani, P.; Mateus, O. (2025). "A new Maastrichtian hyposaurine dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha) from Namibe province, Angola". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4) zlaf092. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf092.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ R. Araújo; M.J. Polcyn; A.S. Schulp; O. Mateus; L.L. Jacobs; A. Olímpio Gonçalves; M.-L. Morais (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. doi:10.1017/njg.2014.44. S2CID 86616531.
  6. ↑ Henri Cappetta; Kurt Morrison; Sylvain Adnet (2019). "A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 33 (8): 1121–1182. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1681421. S2CID 212878837.
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