Mali7 (Cretaceous to of Mali)

Where: Mali (16.8° N, 2.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 2.2° 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 202360: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 09.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Libycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Cimomia reymenti Adegoke 1977 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellinae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida -
Ostreida indet. Fërussac 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
 Unionida - Unionidae
? Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
? Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Stephanodus lybicus Zittel 1888
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Onchopristis numidus Haug 1905 ray
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930 ray
 Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia sudanensis Bather 1904 heart urchin
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Echinotiara perebaskinei Lambert 1930 sea urchin