Tiv Division (ATMN collection) (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

Where: Nigeria (8.0° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 0.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Uomba Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• Middle of the Middle Albian, zone 1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by K. Paulo; reposited in the BMNH

• Collected by K. Paulo, Amalgamated Tin Mines of Nigeria Limited.

Primary reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of southern Nigeria and the southern Cameroons. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 25:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210293: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae
"Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras) aff. boesei" = Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) boesei Knechtel 1947 ammonite