Mayayes (31 m depth) (Eocene of Senegal)

Also known as Mayages

Where: Senegal (14.4° N, 15.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 20.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• From the Couches à Nummulites. The "Couches à Nummulites" are Lutetian in age (Brigaud, 1960).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209394: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites heeri de la Harpe 1883
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta rarilamella Melleville 1843 oyster
race senegalensis
Gastropoda
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Eovasum cf. frequens Mayer Emar 1895 snail