Bridge near Ameka-Nyeba turn-off: Late/Upper Albian, Nigeria
collected by R.A. Reyment
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Neokentroceras curvicornu
Spath 1922
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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum
(Spath 1932)
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Geography
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Coordinates: | 6.2° North, 8.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.6° South, 1.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle of the Upper Albian, zone 4. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | R.A. Reyment |
Metadata
| Database number: | 210681 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-06-13 22:20:13 | Last modified: | 2020-06-13 22:36:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-06-13 22:20:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27823. | 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] |