Genus: Cardiocorax ARAUJO, POLCYN, SCHULP, MATEUS, JACOBS, GONCALVES & MORAIS, 2014
Etymology: Genus name referes to the heart-shaped fenestra between the coracoids derived from the Latinised Greek, Kardia and Latinzed Greek, corax, meaning raven or crow, which also gives rise to the name "coracoid."

Species: mukulu ARAUJO, POLCYN, SCHULP, MATEUS, JACOBS, GONCALVES & MORAIS, 2014
Etymology: The species name mukulu means 'ancestor' in Angolan Bantu dialects.

Holotype: MGUAN PA103

Locality: Bench 19, Bentaba, Namibe Province, Southern Angola.

Horizon: Mocuio Formation, Sao Nicolau Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Complee pectoral and pelvic girdle, cervical and dorsal vertebrae, partial forelimb (humerus, radius, and ulna, and isolated phalanges), and several dorsal ribs.

Referred material:

MGAUN PA370: Is a more incomplete specimen preserving a pelvic girdle and a single hind limb in articulation.

 

MARX, MATEUS, POLCYN, SCHULP, GONCALVES & JACOBS, 2021

Locality: Approximately 3 meters above Bench 19, Bentaba, Namibe Province, Southern Angola.

Horizon: Mocuio Formation, Sao Nicolau Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

MGUAN PA278: An essentially complete skull, 12 displaced but associated teeth outside the skull, 2 hyoid bones, an atlas-axis complex, 17 postaxial cervical vertebrae, 2 partial ribs, a femur, 2 mesopodial elements, 2 metapodial element, and 32 phalanges. One unidentified limb element remains beneath the femur in the fild jacket.