Mt. Maya: Turonian, Niger

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Coelodus plethodon Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
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]