Where: Niger (16.1° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 0.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Paleocene to Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage. 1975. Un serpent du Paléocène du Niger. Etude préliminaire sur l’origine des Caenophidians (Reptilia, Serpentes). Comptes Rendus à l’ Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 281(9):515-518 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63546: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 16.08.2006

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