Elephantenbank (Cretaceous of Cameroon)

Where: Cameroon (4.5° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 0.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• The Esch expedition collected material largely from float blocks, so many localities contain a mixed ammonite fauna. Some specimens also appear to be mislabeled or the locality is questioned by Reyment (1954).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Esch in 1897-1898; reposited in the MfN

Primary reference: F. Solger. 1904. Die Fossilien der Mungokreide in Kamerun und ihre geologische Bedeutung, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ammoniten. In E. Esch, F. Solger, M. Oppenheim, O. Jaekel (eds.), Beiträge zur Geologie von Kamerun 83-242 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209679: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

• Tissotia polygona listed from this location, but Reyment says this is questionable and the age of the species is incorrect.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
"Neoptychites telingaeformis" = Neoptychites cephalotus
"Neoptychites telingaeformis" = Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Hoplitoides wohltmanni von Koenen 1897 ammonite
Hoplitoides koeneni Solger 1904 ammonite