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{{Short description|Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation found in Angola}}

{{Infobox rockunit|name=Mocuio Formation|image=|caption=|type=[[Geological formation]]|period=Maastrichtian|age=Late [[Campanian]]—Early [[Maastrichtian]]|prilithology=[[Sandstone]]|country={{ANG}}|unitof=|overlies=[[Baba Formation]]}}
The '''Mocuio Formation''' is a [[Late Cretaceous]] [[sedimentary]] [[Formation (geology)|rock formation]] found in southern [[Angola]]. It extends from the latest [[Campanian]] to the Early [[Maastrichtian]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Strganac |first1=Christopher |last2=Salminen |first2=Johanna |last3=Jacobs |first3=Louis L. |last4=Polcyn |first4=Michael J. |last5=Ferguson |first5=Kurt M. |last6=Mateus |first6=Octávio |last7=Schulp |first7=Anne S. |last8=Morais |first8=Maria Luísa |last9=Tavares |first9=Tatiana da Silva |last10=Gonçalves |first10=António Olímpio |date=2014-11-01 |title=Carbon isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |series=Special Volume of the 24th Colloquium of African Geology |language=en |volume=99 |pages=452–462 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.03.003 |bibcode=2014JAfES..99..452S |issn=1464-343X|doi-access=free }}</ref> Many [[vertebrate]] [[fossil]]s have been collected from the formation.

== Paleofauna ==
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! colspan="7" align="center" |Paleofauna of the Mocuio Formation
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|''[[Bentiabasaurus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Polcyn |first1=Michael J. |last2=Schulp |first2=Anne S. |last3=Gonçalves |first3=António O. |date=2023 |title=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 |journal=Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution |volume=Essays in honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs |pages=66–98}}</ref>
|''B. jacobsi''
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|A [[mosasaur]]
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|''[[Cardiocorax]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Araújo |first1=R. |last2=Polcyn |first2=M. J. |last3=Schulp |first3=A. S. |last4=Mateus |first4=O. |last5=Jacobs |first5=L. L. |last6=Gonçalves |first6=A. Olímpio |last7=Morais |first7=M.-L. |date=March 2015 |title=A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs |journal=Netherlands Journal of Geosciences |language=en |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=109–120 |doi=10.1017/njg.2014.44 |issn=0016-7746|doi-access=free |bibcode=2015NJGeo..94..109A }}</ref>
|''C. mukulu''
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|A [[plesiosaur]]
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|''[[Epapatelo]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fernandes |first1=Alexandra E. |last2=Mateus |first2=Octávio |last3=Andres |first3=Brian |last4=Polcyn |first4=Michael J. |last5=Schulp |first5=Anne S. |last6=Gonçalves |first6=António Olímpio |last7=Jacobs |first7=Louis L. |date=September 2022 |title=Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola |journal=Diversity |language=en |volume=14 |issue=9 |pages=741 |doi=10.3390/d14090741 |issn=1424-2818|doi-access=free |hdl=10362/145845 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|''E. otyikokolo''
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|Partial left limb bones from two individuals
|A [[pterosaur]]
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== See also ==

* [[Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa]]
** [[List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola]]
* [[Geology of Angola]]

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== References ==
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[[Category:Geologic formations of Angola]]
[[Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Africa]]
[[Category:Campanian Stage]]
[[Category:Maastrichtian Stage]]
[[Category:Sandstone formations]]
[[Category:Paleontology in Angola]]