Port à Bois section, bed 4: Turonian, Gabon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pseudamaura sp.
Fischer 1885
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| spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Pseudamaura) | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Gabon |
| Coordinates: | 0.3° North, 9.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.1° South, 0.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
| Formation: | Azilé |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomitic "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 209490 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-05-03 23:23:30 | Last modified: | 2020-05-03 23:23:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-05-03 23:23:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72282. | B. Musavu Moussavou and W. L. B. Mougola. 2016. Bivalves et gastéropodes du Turonien du port d’Owendo dans le bassin côtier nord gabonais. Revue Sciences de la Vie, de la Terre et Agronomie du CAMES 4:26-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |