Gabon Store section, bed 7, Libreville (Cretaceous of Gabon)

Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 0.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Azilé Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, silty limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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

Primary reference: U. G. Yakouya-Moubamba and B. Musavu Moussavou. 2017. Les échinides du Turonien de la Formation de l’Azilé du bassin côtier gabonais dans la région de Libreville Sud. Annales de Paléontologie 103:101-112 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209610: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Mecaster palpebratus Loriol 1888 heart urchin
Mecaster semicavatus Peron and Gauthier 1880 heart urchin
Mecaster toucasanus d'Orbigny 1854 heart urchin