Where: Nigeria (6.1° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 0.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Awgu Ndeaboh Shale Formation, Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Awgu Ndeaboh Shales. AGE: Coniacian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale
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 82790: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Forresteria (Forresteria) serrata Reyment 1955 ammonite
Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) sp. de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite |