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 | |
"Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras) aff. boesei" = Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) boesei, Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) cf. bravoense
"Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras) aff. boesei" = Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) boesei Knechtel 1947 ammonite
Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) cf. bravoense Böse 1910 ammonite |