Where: Nigeria (6.2° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 1.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; zones 4-5. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near the top of the unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by K. Paulo, R.A. Reyment; reposited in the BMNH
• COLLECTOR: K. Paulo, R.A. Reyment. REPOSITORY: BMNH
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 82773: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum Spath 1932 ammonite
Mortoniceras (Angolaites) gregoryi Spath 1922 ammonite | |
? Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite |