Where: Nigeria (6.3° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 0.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hysteroceras orbignyi ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: early Late Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; Hysteroceras orbignyi/Mortoniceras pricei zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near middle of the formation, zone 2.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by R.A. Reyment; reposited in the BMNH

• COLLECTOR: R.A. Reyment. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of southern Nigeria and the southern Cameroons. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 25:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82764: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2008

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