Where: Nigeria (10.7° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 4.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pindiga Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pindiga Fm (Turonian-Coniacian), which overlies the Yolda Fm (Cenomanian) is overlain by the Gulani Fm (Santonian-Maastrichtian). AGE: Early Turonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary, shelly/skeletal limestone and lithified, blue shale
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: W. Barber. 1957. Lower Turonian ammonites from north-eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 26:1-87 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83023: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Paravascoceras costatum" = Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras ellipticum, Vascoceras bulbosum, Vascoceras globosum
"Paravascoceras costatum" = Vascoceras proprium Reyment 1954 ammonite
Vascoceras ellipticum Barber 1957 ammonite
Vascoceras bulbosum Reyment 1954 ammonite | |
"Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) wallsi" = Thomasites wallsi, "Gombeoceras gongilense" = Thomasites gongilensis, "Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis
"Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) wallsi" = Thomasites wallsi Reyment 1954 ammonite
"Gombeoceras gongilense" = Thomasites gongilensis Woods 1911 ammonite includes ssp. lautum, compressum, subtenue
"Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite includes ssp. tricarinata, plana
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Bivalvia | |
Pteria kitsoni Cox 1952 pearl oyster | |
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster |