Gabun (Cretaceous of Gabon)

Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 0.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: argillaceous limestone

• Marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by O. Baumann in 1885

Primary reference: F. Kossmat. 1893. Über einige Kreideversteinerungen vom Gabun. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 102:575-590 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209643: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Echinobrissus atlanticus n. sp.
Echinobrissus atlanticus n. sp. Kossmat 1893 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola cf. pedernalis, "Lithodomus elongata n. sp." = Lithophaga elongata
Modiola cf. pedernalis Roemer 1852 mussel
"Lithodomus elongata n. sp." = Lithophaga elongata Kossmat 1893 mussel
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus baumanni n. sp.
Inoceramus baumanni n. sp. Kossmat 1893 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium tumidum n. sp., Cardium tropicum n. sp.
Cardium tumidum n. sp. Kossmat 1893 cockle
Cardium tropicum n. sp. Kossmat 1893 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Arcopagia gabunensis n. sp.
Arcopagia gabunensis n. sp. Kossmat 1893 tellin clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula involuta n. sp., Corbula parsura
Corbula involuta n. sp. Kossmat 1893 clam
Corbula parsura Stoliczka 1871 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Cycloseris discoidea n. sp.
Cycloseris discoidea n. sp. Kossmat 1893 stony coral