Middle Eocene, Ngoui, Senegal (Eocene of Senegal)

Where: Senegal (16.2° N, 13.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 18.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; poorly lithified, yellow, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: P. Elouard and J. Roman. 1966. Présence du genre Gagaria (échinide régulier temnopleuridé) dans l'Eocène moyen de la vallée du Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 8(6):839-844 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 40798: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia placunoides Cantraine 1838 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata
"Ostrea multicostata" = Cubitostrea multicostata Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix arnaudi venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium cf. halaense" = Trachycardium halaense
"Cardium cf. halaense" = Trachycardium halaense d'Archaic and Haime 1854 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
 Temnopleuroida -
Gagaria foutatoroensis n. sp. sea urchin