Abakaliki town (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

Where: Nigeria (6.3° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 1.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone 4, near the top of the unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Presumably an shallow siliciclastic marine facies.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Reyment; reposited in the BMNH

• COLLECTOR: R.A. Reyment. REPOSITORY: BMNH, London

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 82766: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Ammonoidea. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with somewhat antiquated nomenclature. Mostly identified to species resolution.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Neokentroceras curvicornu, Prohysteroceras wordiei, Elobiceras lobitoense, Elobiceras aff. densicostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) cf. pachys
Neokentroceras curvicornu Spath 1922 ammonite
SUBSPECIES: N. curvicornu crassicornutum
Prohysteroceras wordiei Spath 1922 ammonite
Elobiceras lobitoense Crick 1922 ammonite
Elobiceras aff. densicostatum Crick 1922 ammonite