Where: Senegal (14.3° N, 16.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 20.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• 75 m depth in pit, 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 209396: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Heligmotenia molli Douvillé 1920 snail |