Also known as Libycoceras Bed 4
Where: Tahoua, Niger (15.3° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 0.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Farin Doutchi Formation (Majias Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; gray claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. M. P. Zaborski and N. J. Morris. 1999. The Late Cretaceous ammonite genus Libycoceras in the Iullemmeden Basin (West Africa) and its palaeogeographical significance. Cretaceous Research 20:63-79 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 47115: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 08.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Cephalopoda | |
Libycoceras crossense Zaborski 1982 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pseudoptera sp. Meek 1873 oyster | |
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster | |
Acutostrea sp. Vyalov 1936 oyster | |
Mesocallista sp. Cox 1952 venus clam | |
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
? Baluchicardia sp. Rutsch and Schenck 1943 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail |