Where: Nigeria (6.2° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 1.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Middle of the Upper Albian, zone 4.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by A. Kitson; reposited in the BMNH
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 210682: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.06.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Elobiceras lobitoense Crick 1922 ammonite |