Marijot de Balling (Paleocene of Senegal)

Where: Senegal (14.4° N, 17.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 21.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Paleocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Tessier

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: M. F. Tessier. 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 83964: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.09.2008

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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 tessieri n. sp.
Cimomia tessieri n. sp. Miller 1951 nautiloid