Where: Nigeria (7.3° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 0.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dukul Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Dukul Fm (Early Turonian), which overlies the Yolde Fm, and is overlain by the Jessu Fm (Late Turonian). AGE: Early Turonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation of around 300-500 ft thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably including the authors. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: J. D. Carter, W. Barber, and E. A. Tait. 1963. The Geology of parts of Adamawa, Bauchi and Bornu Provinces in North-Eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 30:1-108 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83012: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.08.2008

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