Asslar (Chudeau collection) (Paleocene to of Mali)

Also known as Asselar

Where: Mali (18.9° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 4.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Teberemt Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• Age is very likely Paleocene, and possibly Thanetian, and presumably comes from the Teberemt Formation of O'Leary et al. (2019), because it is the highly fossiliferous unit and as the early Eocene Tamaguélelt Formation is a phosphorite that has almost no shelly fossils.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Chudeau

Collection methods: surface (float),

• Repository: Possibly MNHN

Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209395: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
"Nautilus molli" = Deltoidonautilus molli
"Nautilus molli" = Deltoidonautilus molli Douvillé 1920 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda -
Heligmotenia molli Douvillé 1920 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Pseudoheligmus nigeriensis Newton 1905 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster