Where: Nigeria (10.0° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 3.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pindiga Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pindiga Fm (Turonian-Coniacian), which overlies the Yolda Fm (Cenomanian) is overlain by the Gulani Fm (Santonian-Maastrichtian). AGE: Early Turonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy [ammonites actually include mix of Late Cenomanian and Early Turonian species]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the section of around 650 ft thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary, shelly/skeletal limestone and lithified, blue shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably including the authors. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: W. Barber. 1958. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca from north-eastern Nigeria. Records of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 1956:14-47 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83019: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.08.2008

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