Tuma-1 Well, Lithologic Unit 1, 3060-3090 (Cretaceous to of Nigeria)

Where: Maiduguri, Nigeria (12.1° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 5.3° E)

When: Bima Formation (Bornu Basin Group), Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, gray, argillaceous, silty shale

• Lithologic unit 1 was found to be composed of light grey shale, clay laminae and shows no effervescence. The environment of deposition of this lithologic unit was deduced to be lacustrine environment.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Primary reference: A. O. Ola-Buraimo and O. A. Boboye. 2011. Palynological Investigation of the Albian to Lower Cenomanian Bima Formation, Bornu Basin, Nigeria. World Applied Sciences Journal 12(7):1026-1033 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139257: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 10.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
"Senegalinium sp." = Deflandrea, Senegalinium bicavatum
"Senegalinium sp." = Deflandrea Eisenack 1938
Senegalinium bicavatum Jain and Millepied 1971
 Gonyaulacales -
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970
Polypodiopsida
  -
Verrucosisporites sp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Monocolpites
  -
Monocolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1954
Equisetopsida
 Cupressales - Pinidae
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975
Magnoliopsida
  -
Tricolporites sp. Cookson 1947
Angiospermae
  -
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
 Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
  -
Monosulcites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites sp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge
Tricolporopollenites "spscl" Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge
  -
Dicotyledoneae
  -
Triorites africaensis Jardiné and Magloire 1965
Angiospermae
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
 Buxales - Didymelaceae
Galeacornea clavis
  -
Galeacornea clavis Stover 1963 elaterate
Galeacornea causea
  -
Galeacornea causea Stover 1963 elaterate