Falaises de Fresco, region EF (Kraïébouèn), bed 5 (Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire)

Where: Cote D'Ivoire (5.1° N, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 11.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Falaises de Fresco Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Globorotalia pseudomenardii to G. velascoensis zones, according to planktonic foraminifera in Lys (1961). A probable Eocene age as suggested by Rémy (1960). Recently, this Ypresian age estimation was confirmed by Dibo et al., 2021).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, calcareous sandstone

• glauconite calciteuse

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Tessier; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: S. Barta-Calmus. 1969. Études paléontologiques et géologiques sur le Falaises de Fresco (Côte d'Ivoire). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 41(3):817-832 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78687: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 14.02.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Ghirobocyathus lagaensis n. gen." = Circophyllia truncata
"Ghirobocyathus lagaensis n. gen." = Circophyllia truncata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Turbinolia frescoensis n. sp." = Turbinolia dickersoni, "Frescocyathus tessieri n. gen." = Bathycyathus piveteaui, "Frescocyathus nagagreboensis n. sp." = Bathycyathus piveteaui
"Turbinolia frescoensis n. sp." = Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland 1916 stony coral
"Frescocyathus tessieri n. gen." = Bathycyathus piveteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 stony coral
"Frescocyathus nagagreboensis n. sp." = Bathycyathus piveteaui Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Pleolobites erinaceus1 Remy 1960 crab
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Paralampas rancureli2 Tessier and Roman 1973 sand dollar
 Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
Amblypygus (Paramblypygus) houphoueti2 Tessier and Roman 1973 sea urchin