East of Ibeceten: Maastrichtian, Niger
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Nigeremys gigantea n. sp.
(Bergounoux and Crouzel 1968)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
MNHN (P) NIR 1 (label), a nearly complete skull (figs. 221– 223) lacking lower jaws with its surface badly eroded | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Niger |
Coordinates: | 15.3° North, 17.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 3.3° North, 11.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 83315 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-08-17 13:04:56 | Last modified: | 2012-07-04 05:49:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-17 13:04:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27976. | E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |