Where: Niger (16.9° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 0.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; 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 229530: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.03.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Raja louisi n. sp.
Raja louisi n. sp. Cappetta 1972 skate | |
Scyliorhinus aff. cabindensis Leriche 1927 cat shark | |
Ginglymostoma sokotoense White 1934 nurse shark | |
"Orectolobus nigeriensis" = Squatiscyllium nigeriensis
"Orectolobus nigeriensis" = Squatiscyllium nigeriensis White 1934 wobbegong | |
Odontaspis substriata Stromer 1910 sand tiger shark | |
Eotorpedo hilgendorfi Jaekel 1904 torpedo
Eotorpedo jaekeli White 1934 torpedo | |
Hypolophites sp., Hypolophites thaleri n. sp., Dasyatis sp., Dasyatis russelli n. sp., Dasyatis sessaoensis n. sp., Dasyatis sudrei n. sp., Dasyatis duponti
Hypolophites sp. Stromer 1910 whiptail stingray
Hypolophites thaleri n. sp. Cappetta 1972 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis russelli n. sp. Cappetta 1972 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sessaoensis n. sp. Cappetta 1972 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis sudrei n. sp. Cappetta 1972 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis duponti Winkler 1874 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis wurnoensis White 1934 eagle ray | |
Osteichthyes | |
Ceratodus casieri n. sp.
Ceratodus casieri n. sp. Cappetta 1972 lungfish | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus cf. praecursor Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Brychaetus aff. muelleri Woodward 1901 arowana | |
Eomacrones wilsoni White 1934 naked catfish |