Where: Sao Tome and Principe (0.3° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 6.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Beds uplifted to 0.5 and 1.5 m above sea level, yielding radiocarbon ages of 3900 BP and 2300 BP.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Cornen, P. Giresse, G. Kouyoumontzakis and G. Moguedet. 1977. La fin de la transgression holocène sur les littoraux atlantiques d'Afrique équatoriale et australe (Gabon, Congo, Angola, Sao Thomé, Annobon). Rôles eustatiques et néotectoniques. Bulletin de Liaison - Association Sénégalaise pour l'Etude du Quaternaire de l'Ouest Africain 50:59-83 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209450: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2020

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