Badiène, 28 m 30 depth in pit, Ferlo Valley: Lutetian, Senegal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
|
|||||||
|
Gisortia brevis
Douvillé 1920
|
|||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Senegal |
| Coordinates: | 15.3° North, 15.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.1° North, 19.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 23 m depth in pit, from the Couches à Nummulites. The "Couches à Nummulites" are Lutetian in age (Brigaud, 1960). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 209387 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-05-01 21:24:27 | Last modified: | 2020-05-01 21:52:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-05-01 21:24:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72239. | H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |