Richest marine reptile fossil bed along Africa’s South Atlantic coast is dated at 71.5 mya
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 15 May, 2014
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New research is the first to tie the stable carbon isotope record of Africa's South Atlantic coast to global records. This record clarifies the age of rocks at Bentiaba, Angola. The work provides a 71.5 million year age for the richest marine reptile fossil bed along the South Atlantic. The new record of time represents nearly 30 million years of Cretaceous fossils and environments in the ancient South Atlantic Ocean....