Falaises de Fresco, bed 2-5 undivided (Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire)

Where: Cote D'Ivoire (5.1° N, 5.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.0° S, 5.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Falaises de Fresco Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Globorotalia pseudomenardii to G. velascoensis zones, according to planktonic foraminifera in Lys (1961). A probable Eocene age as suggested by Rémy (1960). Recently, this Ypresian age estimation was confirmed by Dibo et al., 2021).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, calcareous sandstone

• glauconite calciteuse

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Tessier; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: F. Tessier and J. Roman. 1973. Études paléontologiques et géologiques sur les Falaises de Fresco (Côte d'Ivoire). 6. Échinides. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Université de Dakar 26:139-172 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209344: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Holectypoida -
Echinogalerus raingeardi n. sp.
Echinogalerus raingeardi n. sp. Tessier and Roman 1973 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Paraster) rougeriei n. sp.
Schizaster (Paraster) rougeriei n. sp. Tessier and Roman 1973 heart urchin