ammonites

Paki, quarry 4: Campanian - Maastrichtian, Senegal

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Senegal State/province:Thiès
Coordinates: 14.7° North, 17.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.7° North, 20.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Campanian - Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:83.5 - 65.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Unnamed stratigraphic unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:quartzose sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments: Invertebrates and plants were found previously from this locality, but no details are given in this reference
Metadata
Database number:92227
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-03 08:26:38 Last modified:2009-11-03 08:27:10
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-03 08:26:38
Reference information
Primary reference:
31058 J. Monteillet, J. R. Lappartient, and P. Taquet. 1982. Un ptérosaurien géant dans le Crétacé supérieur de Paki (Sénégal). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 295:167-172 [R. Butler/R. Butler]