Nyeba: Late Albian, Nigeria
collected by A. Kitson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Elobiceras sp.
Spath 1922
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Elobiceras angustum
Spath 1922
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see common names |
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 Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Late Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 106.2 - 100.5 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: | A. Kitson |
Metadata
Database number: | 210683 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2020-06-13 22:50:57 | Last modified: | 2020-06-13 22:50:57 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-06-13 22:50:57 |
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] |