• Source: Itombe Formation

The Itombe Formation is a geological formation of the Kwanza Basin in Angola dated to the Coniacian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The environment of deposition is shallow marine. Reptile fossils have been recovered from the Tadi beds locality within the formation, including the dinosaur Angolatitan, the mosasaurs Angolasaurus and Mosasaurus iembeensis and the turtle Angolachelys. The Itombe formation was formerly considered Turonian in age, but new data suggests to be Coniacian.




See also


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola
Geology of Angola
Santos Formation




References






Further reading


M. T. Antunes. 1964. O Neocretacio e o Cenozoico do litoral de Angola. Junta de Investigcoes do Ultramar 1-254

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Itombe Formation
• Angolachelys
• List of African dinosaurs
• Bentiaba River
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola
• Angolatitan
• Angolasaurus
• List of sauropodomorph type specimens
• Research history of Tylosaurus
• 2011 in archosaur paleontology