Remi (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

Where: Nigeria (10.3° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 3.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by 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 210109: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
"Vascoceras nigeriense" = Pseudovascoceras nigeriense
"Vascoceras nigeriense" = Pseudovascoceras nigeriense Woods 1911 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
"Gombeoceras gongilense" = Thomasites gongilensis
"Gombeoceras gongilense" = Thomasites gongilensis Woods 1911 ammonite
ssp. tectiforme, subtenue
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
"Paravascoceras costatum" = Vascoceras proprium, Paravascoceras tectiforme
"Paravascoceras costatum" = Vascoceras proprium Reyment 1954 ammonite
Paravascoceras tectiforme Barber 1957 ammonite