Where: Cameroon (4.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 1.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Mungo River Formation, Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mungo River Fm. AGE: Coniacian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Reyment; reposited in the BMNH
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Not reported 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 82789: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Peroniceras stallauensis, Peroniceras czoernigi, Peroniceras cocchi, Peroniceras latelobatum, Solgerites brancoi, Solgerites armatus, "Forresteria (Reesideoceras) camerounensis" = Forresteria (Forresteria) camerounensis, "Forresteria (Harleites) harlei" = Forresteria (Harleites) petrocoriensis
Peroniceras stallauensis ammonite
Peroniceras czoernigi Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Peroniceras cocchi Meneghini 1885 ammonite
Peroniceras latelobatum Riedel 1933 ammonite
Solgerites brancoi Solger 1904 ammonite
Solgerites armatus Solger 1904 ammonite
"Forresteria (Reesideoceras) camerounensis" = Forresteria (Forresteria) camerounensis Basse 1947 ammonite
"Forresteria (Harleites) harlei" = Forresteria (Harleites) petrocoriensis Coquand 1859 ammonite | |
Tissotia sp. Douvillé 1890 ammonite
Tissotia polygona Solger 1904 ammonite
Tissotia latelobata Solger 1904 ammonite |