coastal west Africa, Gabon (Cretaceous of Gabon)

Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.5° S, 0.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: R. A. Reyment. 1980. Biogeography of the Saharan Cretaceous and Paleocene epicontinental transgressions. Cretaceous Research 1(4):299-327 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3819: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 10.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Pseudocucullaea lens Solger 1903 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla lenticularis Gabb 1864 clam