Gabon Store section, bed 2, Libreville (Cretaceous of Gabon)

Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 0.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Azilé Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, silty limestone

• "Tidal flat"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon)

Primary reference: B. Musavu Moussavou, S. M. Ndong Ondo, and M. M'Voubou. 2013. Turonian bivalves from the Coastal Basin of Gabon, South of Libreville. Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, Section Sciences de la Terre 35:1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209526: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina sp. Conrad 1869 venus clam
Aphrodina angustosinuosa Riedel 1933 venus clam
Aphrodina dutrugei Coquand 1862 venus clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya cf. adversa Riedel 1932 clam