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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Libycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
Cimomia reymenti Adegoke 1977 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritellinae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostreida indet. Fërussac 1822 oyster | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam | |
? Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle | |
? Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Actinopteri | |
Stephanodus lybicus Zittel 1888 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Onchopristis numidus Haug 1905 ray
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930 ray | |
Serratolamna (Cretalamna) maroccana mackerel shark | |
Echinoidea | |
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas
"Oriolampas michelini" = Plesiolampas sea urchin | |
Linthia sudanensis Bather 1904 heart urchin | |
Echinotiara perebaskinei Lambert 1930 sea urchin |