Adabion (Oppenheim collection) (Paleocene of Togo)

Where: Maritime, Togo (6.3° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 4.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Miller assigned an Early Eocene age, but later publications place Adabion in the Thanetian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167948: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 09.04.2015, edited by Mark Uhen, Philip Mannion and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• Stromer lists Varanus niloticus on p. 483, but also notes it is probably Recent.
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Deltoidonautilus togoensis n. sp. Miller 1951 nautiloid
Reptilia
 Lepidosauria -
? Rhynchocephalia indet.2 Günther 1867 rhynchocephalian
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata - Boidae
"aff. Aphelopsis sp." = Calamagras2
"aff. Aphelopsis sp." = Calamagras2 Cope 1873 dwarf boa
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus variabilis2 Stromer 1905
n. var. togoensis
Chondrichthyes
  - Notidanidae
Xenodolamia aff. simplex2 Leidy 1877 shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aff. latidens2 Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Alopiopsis (? Physodon) secundus" = Physodon secundus2
"Alopiopsis (? Physodon) secundus" = Physodon secundus2 Winkler 1876 requiem shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma sokotoense1 White 1934 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna vincenti2 Winkler 1878 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus2, "Otodus koerti n. sp." = Brachycarcharias koerti2
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus2 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
"Otodus koerti n. sp." = Brachycarcharias koerti2 Stromer 1910 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota2
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota2 Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
n. var substriata
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Hypolophites myliobatoides n. gen. n. sp.2 Stromer 1910 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni2, "Myliobatis cf. striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus2, Myliobatis sp.2
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni2 Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis cf. striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus2 Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp.2 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray