Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 2.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Madiela Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• Assigned to Albian age by their ammonite fauna (Hourcq and Hausknecht, 1954; Hudeley and Belmonte, 1970) such as Douvilleiceras monile (Sowerby, 1816) and D. mamillatum (Schlotheim, 1813). [Douvilleiceras species suggest Early Albian or perhaps Middle Albian age]

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon)

Primary reference: B. Musavu Moussavou. 2019. Albian bivalves from Madiela Formation in north Gabonese coastal basin. BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin 190(5):1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209484: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2020

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