Deba Habe (Falconer collection) (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

Where: Nigeria (10.2° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 4.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.D. Falconer, A. Longbottom in 1904-1909; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: H. Woods. 1911. The palaeontology of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of northern Nigeria. In J.D. Falconer (ed.), The Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria 273-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209700: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea (Exogyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
"Ostrea (Exogyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster