Mt. Maya: Turonian, Niger
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Coelodus plethodon
Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Niger | State/province: | Tahoua |
Coordinates: | 15.8° North, 6.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 1.5° North, 1.0° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Tamaya | ||
Database number: | 206860 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2019-12-06 15:36:45 | Last modified: | 2019-12-06 15:36:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-12-06 15:36:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
71151. | N. Tabaste. 1963. Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous]. Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68:437-485 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |