Where: Niger (14.9° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 2.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Coilopoceras inflatum ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• Coilopoceras inflatum horizon
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève
Primary reference: C. Meister, K. Alzouma, J. Lang and B. Mathey. 1992. Les ammonites du Niger (Afrique occidentale) et la transgression Transsaharienne au cours du Cénomanien-Turonien. Geobios 25:55-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175442: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Coilopoceras inflatum Cobban and Hook 1980 ammonite |