Where: Nigeria (8.7° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 2.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.D. Falconer, A. Longbottom in 1904-1909
Primary reference: H. Woods. 1911. The palaeontology of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of northern Nigeria. In J.D. Falconer (ed.), The Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria 273-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210108: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Gigantichthys sp." = Onchosaurus
"Gigantichthys sp." = Onchosaurus Gervais 1852 ray |