Where: Nigeria (11.0° N, 11.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.5° S, 13.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gongila Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gongila Fm (Cenomanian-Coniacian), which is overlain by the Fika Shales (Santonian-Maastrichtian). AGE: Early Turonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 9 ft thick limestone near base of section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

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. 1957. Lower Turonian ammonites from north-eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 26:1-87 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83025: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.08.2008

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