Sassa-Zao [Nautiloidea] (Eocene of Congo-Kinshasa)

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (6.1° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 16.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic position. AGE: Early Eocene, assumed, on the basis of other occurrences of this species. Stated to be Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but probably shallow siliciclastic marine environment.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Not stated in text, possibly Dartevelle. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83992: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Nautiloidea described in publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, using modern nomenclature, and with identification to species resolution.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Deltoidonautilus caheni
Deltoidonautilus caheni Miller 1951 nautiloid