Also known as In Touhount
Where: Tahoua, Niger (15.4° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 0.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dukamaje Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; gray marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: R. T. J. Moody and P. J. C. Suttcliffe. 1991. The Cretaceous deposits of the Iullemmeden Basin of Niger, central West Africa. Cretaceous Research 12:137-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 178660: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•be confirmed.
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Siluriformes indet. catfish | |
Stratodus apicalis Cope 1872 | |
Stephanodus lybicus Zittel 1888 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838 lungfish | |
Reptilia | |
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle | |
Podocnemis sp. Wagler 1830 river turtle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta 1972 eagle ray | |
Batomorphii indet. Cappetta 1980 elasmobranch | |
Sclerorhynchidae indet. Capetta 1974 ray
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930 ray
Ischyrhiza nigeriensis Tabaste 1963 ray | |
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark | |
Lamna nigeriana mackerel shark | |
Asteracanthus aegyptiacus Stromer 1927 elasmobranch | |
Bivalvia | |
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam | |
"Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae
"Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae Dall 1895 venus clam | |
""Ostrea" boucheroni" = Curvostrea tevesthensis
""Ostrea" boucheroni" = Curvostrea tevesthensis Coquand 1862 oyster | |
? Acutostrea sp. Vyalov 1936 oyster
"Ostrea" bouguignanti oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Libycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite |