Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 0.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Azilé Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon)
Primary reference: B. Musavu Moussavou, S. M. Ndong Ondo, and M. M'Voubou. 2013. Turonian bivalves from the Coastal Basin of Gabon, South of Libreville. Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, Section Sciences de la Terre 35:1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209525: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle | |
Lopha cf. lombardi Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium "sp. A" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium "sp. B" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium "sp. C" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Armenocerithium haidingeri Zekeli 1852 snail | |
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail |