Where: Nigeria (6.1° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° S, 0.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R.A. Reyment; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. Upper Cretaceous Mollusca (Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda) from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 5:127-155 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209697: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea cf. forgemolli" = Nicaisolopha tissoti
"Ostrea cf. forgemolli" = Nicaisolopha tissoti Peron and Thomas 1891 oyster |