Where: Nigeria (11.0° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 4.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.D. Falconer, A. Longbottom in 1904-1909
Primary reference: H. Woods. 1911. The palaeontology of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of northern Nigeria. In J.D. Falconer (ed.), The Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria 273-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117606: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Echinoidea | |
|
Micropedina gongilensis n. sp. Brighton 1925 sea urchin
Micropedina olisiponensis Forbes in Sharpe 1850 sea urchin | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea (Exogyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
"Ostrea (Exogyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster | |
| Cephalopoda | |
"Mammites (Pseudaspidoceras) sp." = Pseudaspidoceras
"Mammites (Pseudaspidoceras) sp." = Pseudaspidoceras Hyatt 1903 ammonite | |
"Vascoceras gongilensis n. sp." = Thomasites gongilensis, "Hoplitoides nigeriensis n. sp." = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis
"Vascoceras gongilensis n. sp." = Thomasites gongilensis Woods 1911 ammonite
"Hoplitoides nigeriensis n. sp." = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite | |