Pindiga, bed 17 (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

Where: Nigeria (10.0° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 3.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis ammonoid zone, Pindiga Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Soft clayey limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.D. Carter, W. Barber; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: W. Barber. 1957. Lower Turonian ammonites from north-eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 26:1-87 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210104: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
Eotissotia simplex, "Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) wallsi" = Thomasites wallsi
Eotissotia simplex Barber 1957 ammonite
"Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) wallsi" = Thomasites wallsi Reyment 1954 ammonite