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Boane District, Maputo Province, Mozambiquei
Regional Level Types
Boane DistrictDistrict
Maputo ProvinceProvince
MozambiqueCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
411023
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:411023:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
District de Boane, Maputo, Mozambique
German:
Boane , Provinz Maputo, Mosambik
Italian:
Distretto di Boane, provincia di Maputo, Mozambico
Simplified Chinese:
博阿內區, 马普托省, 莫桑比克
Spanish:
Boane, Provincia de Maputo, Mozambique
Bavarian:
Boane, Provinz Maputo
Catalan:
districte de Boane, Província de Maputo, Moçambic
Cebuano:
Boane District, Maputo Province
Georgian:
ბოანის რაიონი, მაპუტუს პროვინცია
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Boane Koān
Northern Frisian:
Boane , Maputo
Portuguese:
Boane , Província de Maputo, Moçambique
Zulu:
Boane District


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences49
Youngest Fossil Listed70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed99.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Dentalium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Anchura99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Drepanocheilus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Drepanocheilus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Gyrodes99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pugnellus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Pugnellus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Volutoderma
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Pholidotomidae : Volutoderma99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Avellana
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Ringiculidae : Avellana83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Semisolarium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : Semisolarium99.6 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Calycoceras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Calycoceras99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Arca
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Arca99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cucullaea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : Cucullaea99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Grammatodon : Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia)83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trigonarca
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Trigonarca99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pinna
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : Pinna99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amusium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Amusium83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Entolium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Entoliidae : Entolium83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gervillia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Gervillia99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Inoceramus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pteria
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Pteria99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Linotrigonia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Pterotrigoniidae : Linotrigonia83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trigonia (Pleurotrigonia)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Trigonia : Trigonia (Pleurotrigonia)99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterotrigonia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Pterotrigoniidae : Pterotrigonia99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rutitrigonia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Rutitrigoniidae : Rutitrigonia99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Megatrigoniidae : Pterotrigonia : Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cyclocardia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cyclocardia99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lucina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Lucina99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Teredo
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Teredinidae : Teredo99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Goniomya
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Goniomya99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Actinophyma
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Phymosomatoida : Phymosomatidae : Actinophyma83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Douvillaster
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Douvillaster99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hemiaster
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Hemiasteridae : Hemiaster99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acteon
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Acteon99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turrilites costatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Turrilites : Turrilites costatus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acanthoceras rhotomagense
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Acanthoceras : Acanthoceras rhotomagense99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sciponoceras baculoide
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Baculitidae : Sciponoceras : Sciponoceras baculoide99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia crebrisulcata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Puzosia : Puzosia crebrisulcata99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paranecrocarcinus mozambiquensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Necrocarcinidae : Paranecrocarcinus : Paranecrocarcinus mozambiquensis99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pholadomya connectans
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Pholadomya : Pholadomya connectans99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Modiolus typicus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus : Modiolus typicus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tetragonites collignoni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Tetragonites : Tetragonites collignoni99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baculites boulei
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : Baculites : Baculites boulei83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acanthoceras flexuosum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Acanthoceras : Acanthoceras flexuosum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aucellina gryphaeoides
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Buchiidae : Aucellina : Aucellina gryphaeoides99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Camptonectes virgatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Camptonectes : Camptonectes virgatus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Laevigyra luynesi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Laevigyra : Laevigyra luynesi99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neithea quinquecostata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Neithea : Neithea quinquecostata83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boane_District
Wikidata ID:Q887507
GeoNames ID:7873983

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