Asselar, Kidal (Eocene of Mali)

Where: Mali (18.9° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 4.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. 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 83982: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to specimens informally mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though identified to species resolution.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Cimomia sudanensis n. sp.
Cimomia sudanensis n. sp. Miller 1951 nautiloid