Also known as Bullaraba
Where: Nigeria (11.1° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 4.7° 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
Collected by J.D. Carter; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J.D. Carter. REPOSITORY: BMNH.
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 83026: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.08.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Hemiaster (Mecaster) sp." = Mecaster2
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Cephalopoda | |
Pseudaspidoceras sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite | |
"Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis, "Gombeoceras gongilense" = Thomasites gongilensis, "Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) wallsi" = Thomasites wallsi
"Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite
"Gombeoceras gongilense" = Thomasites gongilensis Woods 1911 ammonite
"Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) wallsi" = Thomasites wallsi Reyment 1954 ammonite | |
Vascoceras depressum Barber 1957 ammonite
Vascoceras ellipticum Barber 1957 ammonite
Vascoceras bulbosum Reyment 1954 ammonite
Vascoceras globosum Reyment 1954 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
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