Where: Nigeria (10.9° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 4.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pseudotissotia nigeriensis ammonoid zone, Fika Shale Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• Superstes horizon
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève
Primary reference: C. Meister. 1989. Les ammonites du Crétacé supérieur d'Ashaka, Nigéria: analyse taxonomique, ontogénétique, biostratigraphique et évolutive. Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Elf Exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine 13:1-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175543: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Fagesia levis" = Fagesia peroni
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"Choffaticeras ex gr. pavillieri" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) pavillieri, "Choffaticeras ex gr. quaasi" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne, Pseudotissotia nigeriensis
"Choffaticeras ex gr. pavillieri" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) pavillieri Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite Lower part
Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite |