Where: Nigeria (6.4° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 0.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eze Aku Formation, Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• Ezillo Siltstones, Upper-Middle Turonian(?), level with Collignoniceras
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. Courville in 1988-1990; reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: D. Néraudeau and P. Courville. 1997. Cenomanian and Turonian echinoids from Nigeria. Geobios 30(6):835-847 [C. Marshall/S. Low/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210162: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Mecaster aff. fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin |