Where: Nigeria (5.6° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 2.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ameki Formation (Bende-Ameki Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• Bartonian age after Gingerich (2010)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: L.B. Halstead and J. A. Middleton. 1974. New material of the archaeocete whale Pappocetus lugardi Andrews, from the middle Eocene of Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology 8(1 & 2):81-85 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32905: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Myliobatis ? toliapicus2, "Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni2, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus2, Rhinoptera sherborni n. sp.2
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"Odontaspis koerti" = Brachycarcharias koerti2
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Osteichthyes | |
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Mammalia | |
Pappocetus lugardi Andrews 1920 whale | |
Reptilia | |
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Actinopteri | |
Sciaena simplex n. sp.2
Sciaena simplex n. sp.2 Frost 1926 | |
Platylaemus nigeriensis n. sp.2, Crenilabrus eocenicus n. sp.2, Pseudosphaerodon pycnodoides n. sp.2
Platylaemus nigeriensis n. sp.2 White 1926
Crenilabrus eocenicus n. sp.2 White 1926
Pseudosphaerodon pycnodoides n. sp.2 White 1926 | |
Pagellus concavus n. sp.2
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Scombramphodon woodwardi n. sp.2
Scombramphodon woodwardi n. sp.2 White 1926 | |
Arius angulatus n. sp.2, Arius hewardbelli n. sp.2, Arius kitsoni n. sp.2, Arius africanus n. sp.2, Arius amekiensis n. sp.2
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Chrysichthys eaglesomei n. sp.2
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Sphyraena lugardi n. sp.2
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