Guéléfoul (Eocene of Senegal)

Where: Senegal (15.9° N, 15.8° W: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 20.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• From the upper oyster marls (marnes à huitres)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209413: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea cf. gryphina" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) gryphina
"Ostrea cf. gryphina" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) gryphina Deshayes 1832 oyster