Idima-Abam junction section, Bende (Eocene to of Nigeria)
Where: Abia, Nigeria (5.8° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 1.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Ameki Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray shale and phosphatic limestone
• The depositional environments of the section were inter- preted as subtidal to intertidal parts of the shelf by Arua (1986). Odumodu and Nfor (2012, 2013) using sedimen- tary features and faunal content suggested that the section was deposited in a shallow marine shelf.
• alternation of thinly laminated grey clay-shale interbedded with dark grey highly fossiliferous limestones containing septarian and phosphatic nodules
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, C. F. R. Odumodu, and R. M. Feldmann. 2016. New Eocene Crabs from Nigeria (Decapoda: Brachyura: Heterotremata). Annals of Carnegie Museum 84(1):59-73 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 202483: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019
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Taxonomic list
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| Malacostraca | |
Glyphithyreus bendensis n. sp.
Glyphithyreus bendensis n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2016 crab | |
Amekicarcinus enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.
Amekicarcinus enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2016 crab | |