Where: Niger (17.0° N, 4.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 0.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• The base of the Mentess cliff is formed from marls called the "Mosasaurus Shales" that represent Terme II.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. Thaler, D.E. Russell, J. Sudre, P. Louis in 1966

• Repository: Laboratoire de Paléontologie de l'Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc

Primary reference: H. Cappetta. 1972. Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata 5:179-251 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229529: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.03.2023

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