Where: Mali (19.6° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 3.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Tichet, Ménaka, Teberemt Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1999 - 2003
Primary reference: M. A. O'Leary, M. L. Bouare, K. Heilbronn, R. V. Hill, J. McCartney, J. A. Sessa, F. Sissoko, L. Tapanila, E. Wheeler and E. M. Roberts. 2019. Stratigraphy and Paleobiology of the Upper Cretaceous - Lower Paleogene Sediments from the Trans-Saharan Seaway in Mali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 436:1-177 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202357: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 09.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Linthia sudanensis Bather 1904 heart urchin | |
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Crommium nigeriense Adegoke 1977 moon snail | |
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944 |