Where: Western Sahara (26.1° N, 14.0° W: paleocoordinates 22.8° N, 10.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic surface. AGE: Poorly constrained, but probably Barremian, though could be as young as early Cenomanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 93-94 cm below top of section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: core,
• COLLECTOR: DSDP, Leg 40. REPOSITORY: Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Tübingen (GPIT).
Primary reference: J. Wiedmann. 1979. Early Cretaceous mollusks from DSDP Hole 397A off Northwest Africa. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 37:283-287 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82500: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) cf. thetys" = Euphylloceras thetys
"Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) cf. thetys" = Euphylloceras thetys d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite SUBSPECIES: P. (H.) thetys diegoi
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