Ezillo, outcrop 12 (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

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

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Mecaster aff. fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin