Libreville (Le Testu collection) (Cretaceous of Gabon)

Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 0.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Le Testu

Primary reference: J. Lombard. 1930. Céphalopodes et lamellibranches Crétacés du Congo Français. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Quatrième Série 30:277-321 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209622: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
Pseudotissotia sp. Peron 1887 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus
"Inoceramus labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima grenieri" = Lima (Plagiostoma) grenieri
"Lima grenieri" = Lima (Plagiostoma) grenieri Coquand 1862 file clam