ABSTRACT
This book serves as an introduction to the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa, covering the whole of Southern and Eastern Africa and Angola. Fifty two plates illustrate almost 1000 species and provide a field guide to the macrofossils of the subcontinent. The book will be of value to field geologists, students and non-specialists with an interest in the natural world. A bibliography of the Cretaceous palaeontology and stratigraphy of the subcontinent is provided.
Features:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |49 pages
part |105 pages
Illustrations of Cretaceous fossils
chapter Plate 1|2 pages
Berriasian-MiddleValanginian
Cycads, conifers, ferns, bivalve and belemnite from the Kirkwood Formation
chapter Plate 2|2 pages
Berriasian-Aptian
Dinosaurs from the Kalahari Group, Kirkwood Formation and Karonga Formation
chapter Plate 3|2 pages
Late Valanginian
Bivalves, gastropods and shrimp from the Sundays River Formation
chapter Plate 5|2 pages
Late Valanginian
Asteroid, bivalve, plesiosaur and ammonite from the Sundays River Formation
chapter Plate 6|2 pages
Late Valanginian - Early Hauterivian
Bivalves and ammonites from the Sundays River Formation
chapter Plate 7|2 pages
Late Valanginian
Gastropods, bivalves and ammonite from the Sundays River Formation
chapter Plate 9|2 pages
Late Valanginian - Early Hauterivian
Ammonites and gastropod from the Sundays River and Kikundi Formations
chapter Plate 10|2 pages
Late Valanginian
Bivalves, ammonite and belemnite from the Sundays River and Brenton Formations
chapter Plate 15|2 pages
Barremian - Early Aptian
Bivalves , ammonites and belemnite from the Makhatini Formation
chapter Plate 18|2 pages
Late Aptian
Ammonites, bivalves and brachiopods from the Ndabana Formation and the Formação com Pholadomya
chapter Plate 20|2 pages
Middle - Late Albian
Brachiopod, bivalves, ammonites and gastropod from the Mzinene Formation
chapter Plate 21|2 pages
Early Late Albian
Ammonites, bivalves and gastropod from the Mzinene Formation
chapter Plate 23|2 pages
Late Albian
Ammonites, bivalves, echinoid and belemnite from the Mzinene and Maputo Formations
chapter Plate 25|2 pages
Late Albian
Nautiloids, ammonites, brachiopod and echinoid from the Mzinene Formation
chapter Plate 29|2 pages
Late Albian
Gastropods, ammonites and echinoid from the Cuio and Cabo Ledo Formations
chapter Plate 33|2 pages
Middle Cenomanian
Ammonites and bivalve from the Mzinene and Sumbe Formations
chapter Plate 35|2 pages
Turonian - Coniacian
Ammonites and bivalve from the Salinas and Itombe Formations
chapter Plate 36|2 pages
Late Turonian
Mosasaurs, turtle and chondrichthyan teeth from the Itombe Formation
chapter Plate 37|2 pages
Early - Middle Coniacian
Ammonites and bivalves from the St Lucia and Salinas Formations
chapter Plate 40|2 pages
Late Coniacian - Middle Santonian
Ammonites, bivalves, gastropods,echinoid and shark’s tooth from the St Lucia, Mzamba and Baba Formations
chapter Plate 41|2 pages
Santonian - Early Campanian
Ammonites and gastropod from the St Lucia, Mzamba and Baba Formations
chapter Plate 42|2 pages
Santonian
Bivalves, ammonites, gastropods and echinoids from the Mzamba Formation
chapter Plate 43|2 pages
Santonian - Early Campanian
Bivalves, gastropods and shark’s tooth from the Mzamba Formation
chapter Plate 44|2 pages
Santonian - Early Campanian
Bivalves, gastropods and ammonite from the Mzamba and Baba Formations
chapter Plate 45|2 pages
Santonian - Middle Campanian
Ammonite, gastropods, bivalves and echinoids from the Mzamba and Quimbala Formations
chapter Plate 46|2 pages
Campanian
Ammonites, bivalves and brachiopod from the Mzamba, St Lucia and Rio Dande Formations
chapter Plate 48|2 pages
Middle Campanian - Early Maastrichtian
Ammonites and bivalve from the St Lucia, Quimbala and Rio Dande Formations
chapter Plate 49|2 pages
Campanian-Maastrichtian
Ammonites and echinoid from the St Lucia and Incomanine Formations
chapter Plate 50|2 pages
Late Campanian-Maastrichtian
Ammonites, coral and shark’s tooth from the St Lucia, Incomanine, Rio Dande and Mocuio Formations
chapter Plate 51|2 pages
Maastrichtian fossils
Nautiloids, ammonites and bivalves from the Grudja, Incomanine and St Lucia Formations
chapter Plate 52|2 pages
Maastrichtian
Bivalves and gastropods from the Incomanine and St Lucia Formations
