Where: Niger (14.9° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° N, 0.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Colonel G.S. McD. Elliot, Anglo-French Niger-Chad Boundary Commission in 1902-1903

Primary reference: R. B. Newton. 1905. Eocene shells from Nigeria. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 15:83-91 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184349: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Vanessa Maciel on 21.02.2017, edited by Matthew Clapham

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