Kumberi (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

Where: Nigeria (8.7° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 2.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.D. Falconer, A. Longbottom in 1904-1909

Primary reference: H. Woods. 1911. The palaeontology of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of northern Nigeria. In J.D. Falconer (ed.), The Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria 273-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210108: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
"Gigantichthys sp." = Onchosaurus
"Gigantichthys sp." = Onchosaurus Gervais 1852 ray
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam