†Pseudomalaxis (Nigerialaxis) fayosei Adegoke 1977 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Full reference: O. S. Adegoke. 1977. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleocene) of Southwestern Nigeria. Bulletins of American Paleontology 71(295):1-379
Belongs to Pseudomalaxis (Nigerialaxis) according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
Sister taxa: Pseudomalaxis (Nigerialaxis) africana, Pseudomalaxis (Nigerialaxis) kayodei, Pseudomalaxis (Nigerialaxis) parisoti
Type specimen: UIMG 147. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry
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