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, nodular 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 210105: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Eotissotia simplex, "Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis
Eotissotia simplex Barber 1957 ammonite
"Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite includes ssp. tabulata
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