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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea nigeriensis n. sp.
Calyptraea nigeriensis n. sp. Newton 1905 slipper shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Alectryonia cf. martinsi Archiac 1850 oyster | |
"Ostrea ? rarilamella" = Pycnodonta rarilamella
"Ostrea ? rarilamella" = Pycnodonta rarilamella Melleville 1843 oyster | |
"Vulsella nigeriensis n. sp." = Pseudoheligmus nigeriensis
"Vulsella nigeriensis n. sp." = Pseudoheligmus nigeriensis Newton 1905 oyster | |
Spondylus quadricostatus Douvillé 1920 scallop | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Lucina cf. pharaonis Bellardi 1854 clam
Lucina cf. menardi Deshayes 1825 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Panopaea sahariensis n. sp.
Panopaea sahariensis n. sp. Newton 1905 clam |