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 | |
Mecaster sp. Pomel 1883 heart urchin
Mecaster nicaisei Coquand 1862 heart urchin
Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
? Osteomya sp. Moesch 1874 clam |