Petro Gabon section, bed 2, Libreville (Cretaceous of Gabon)

Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 0.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Azilé Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon)

Primary reference: B. Musavu Moussavou, U. G. Yakouya-Moubamba, A. C. Ayeng Eyeghe and M. A. Mamidi. 2017. Nouvelles données sur les macro-invertébrés du Turonien de la région de Libreville (bassin côtier nord-gabonais). Annales de Paléontologie 103:283-292 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209536: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Mecaster sp. Pomel 1883 heart urchin
Mecaster nicaisei Coquand 1862 heart urchin
Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
? Osteomya sp. Moesch 1874 clam