Hole 397A, Sample 42-1, 74-76 cm (Cretaceous of Western Sahara)

Where: Western Sahara (26.1° N, 14.0° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 10.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic surface. AGE: Poorly constrained, but probably Hauterivian, though could be as young as Barremian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 74-76 cm below top of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Open basin, rather than shelf faunas
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithologic data not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: DSDP, Leg 40. REPOSITORY: Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Tübingen (GPIT).

Primary reference: J. Wiedmann. 1979. Early Cretaceous mollusks from DSDP Hole 397A off Northwest Africa. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 37:283-287 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82499: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive, and includes ammonites and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclatures, and species-resolution identifications where preservations permits it.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Neocomites cf. neocomiensis
Neocomites cf. neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite