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The Humpata Plateau (Portuguese: Planalto da Humpata) is an elevated plateau and highlands region in southwest Angola, [1] part of the larger Huíla Plateau. [2] It has a semi-humid climate, [3] and acts as an intermediate climactic region between the arid Namib Desert to the west and the wetter Kalahari Basin to the east. [4]
Pages in category "Fossils of Angola" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Fossil collecting – Collecting fossils to study, collect or sell; Fossil park; Jurassic Coast – World Heritage Site on the coast of southern England; Lagerstätte – Sedimentary deposit with well-preserved extraordinary fossils; Lists of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units; List of fossil parks around the world; List of fossil parks in India
The Mesozoic of Angola is very rich of fossil vertebrates, namely marine reptiles such as turtles (Angolachelys [2]), mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, [3] related with the opening of South Atlantic. [4] Only a couple of terrestrial fossils have been collected, including the unique dinosaur Angolatitan adamastor .
An atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of Angola was published in 2018, and reported 117 species of amphibians and 278 of reptiles. [1] A major book on the biodiversity of Angola was published in 2019, and reported more than 2,000 species of organisms (plants, invertebrates and vertebrate animals), [2] and 1,313 fossil species. [3]
M. T. Antunes. 1977. Late Neogene fish faunas from Angola, their age and significance. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 20:224-229; D. B. Blake, G. Breton, and S. Gofas. 1996. A new genus ans [sic] species of Asteriidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Angola, Africa. Paläontologische ...
A synthesis of the paleontology in Angola shows that 1313 fossil species are known in the country, 201 of them are vertebrates [1] and about one tenth of them are species firstly described based on specimens from Angola. Paleontology portal
Angola had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 8.35/10, ranking it 23rd globally out of 172 countries. [14] In Angola forest cover is around 53% of the total land area, equivalent to 66,607,380 hectares (ha) of forest in 2020, down from 79,262,780 hectares (ha) in 1990. In 2020, naturally regenerating forest covered 65,800,190 ...