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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea (Exogyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis
"Ostrea (Exogyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster |