Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 2.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Madiela Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• Assigned to Albian age by their ammonite fauna (Hourcq and Hausknecht, 1954; Hudeley and Belmonte, 1970) such as Douvilleiceras monile (Sowerby, 1816) and D. mamillatum (Schlotheim, 1813). [Douvilleiceras species suggest Early Albian or perhaps Middle Albian age]
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon)
Primary reference: B. Musavu Moussavou and R. Mabicka Obame. 2015. Taxonomy and paleoecology of Albian Madiela Formation gastropods, Gabonese coastal basin: N’Toum quarry section. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 186:35-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209483: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda "indet. 2" Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Lithomphalus "sp. B" Kiel and Campbell 2005 snail | |
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail | |
Tylostoma pollaryi snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Neithea (Neithea) dutrugei Dutrugei 1862 scallop | |
Liopistha (Psilomya) "sp. 1" Meek 1876 clam |