Where: Nigeria (10.9° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 4.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pseudotissotia nigeriensis ammonoid zone, Fika Shale Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Superstes horizon

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève

Primary reference: C. Meister. 1989. Les ammonites du Crétacé supérieur d'Ashaka, Nigéria: analyse taxonomique, ontogénétique, biostratigraphique et évolutive. Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Elf Exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine 13:1-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175543: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.12.2015

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