Where: Gabon (0.4° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 0.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Azilé Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, silty limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences Masuku University of Franceville (Gabon)
Primary reference: U. G. Yakouya-Moubamba and B. Musavu Moussavou. 2017. Les échinides du Turonien de la Formation de l’Azilé du bassin côtier gabonais dans la région de Libreville Sud. Annales de Paléontologie 103:101-112 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209609: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Echinoidea | |
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Epiaster michelini d'Orbigny 1847 heart urchin | |
Mecaster "sp. 1", Mecaster "sp. 2", Mecaster cf. orbignyanus, Mecaster verneuili, Mecaster palpebratus, Mecaster semicavatus, Mecaster toucasanus, Mecaster pseudofourneli, Mecaster africanus
Mecaster "sp. 1" Pomel 1883 heart urchin
Mecaster "sp. 2" Pomel 1883 heart urchin
Mecaster cf. orbignyanus Desor 1857 heart urchin
Mecaster verneuili Desor 1847 heart urchin
Mecaster palpebratus Loriol 1888 heart urchin
Mecaster semicavatus Peron and Gauthier 1880 heart urchin
Mecaster toucasanus d'Orbigny 1854 heart urchin
Mecaster pseudofourneli Peron and Gauthier 1878 heart urchin
Mecaster africanus Coquand 1862 heart urchin | |