Gabon Store section, bed 1, Libreville (Cretaceous of Gabon)

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

• Bay or lagoon

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

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium productum
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha cf. lombardi
Lopha cf. lombardi Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 oyster
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium "sp. A", Cerithium "sp. B", Cerithium "sp. C"
Cerithium "sp. A" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium "sp. B" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium "sp. C" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Diozoptyxidae
Armenocerithium haidingeri
Armenocerithium haidingeri Zekeli 1852 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail