PK8 offramp section, bed 4, Libreville (Cretaceous of Gabon)

Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 0.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Azilé Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon)

Primary reference: B. Musavu Moussavou, U. G. Yakouya-Moubamba, A. C. Ayeng Eyeghe and M. A. Mamidi. 2017. Nouvelles données sur les macro-invertébrés du Turonien de la région de Libreville (bassin côtier nord-gabonais). Annales de Paléontologie 103:283-292 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209538: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae
"Columbellina sp." = Colombellina
"Columbellina sp." = Colombellina d'Orbigny 1842 snail
No bed number indicated
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
? Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson 1941 snail
No bed number indicated
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail