Mt. Maya (Cretaceous of Niger)

Also known as Tamaya

Where: Tahoua, Niger (15.8° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: N. Tabaste. 1963. Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous]. Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68:437-485 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206860: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.12.2019

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Coelodus plethodon Arambourg and Joleaud 1943