Where: Nigeria (6.3° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.5° S, 0.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Nwofe Sandstone Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Middle part of the Upper Albian, zone 4, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near the top of the unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
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 82767: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) cf. nodosocostatum van Hoepen 1942 ammonite
Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum Spath 1932 ammonite | |
Gyaloceras ibo n. sp.
Gyaloceras ibo n. sp. Reyment 1955 ammonite |