Where: Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana (4.9° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 10.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Apollonian Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified limestone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Primary reference: D. Atta-Peters and M. B. Salami. 2006. Aptian-Maastrichtian palynomorphs from the offshore Tano Basin, western Ghana. Journal of African Earth Sciences 43:379-394 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142227: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Dinophyceae | |
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Spiniferites spp. Mantell 1850 | |
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Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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Cyathidites australis Couper 1953 | |
| Concavissimisporites | |
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Concavissimisporites variverrucatus Brenner 1963 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Ephedripites irregularis Herngreen 1973 | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Elaterocolpites castelaini Jardiné and Magloire 1962 elaterate
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites verrucatus Jardiné 1967 elaterate | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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Balmeiopsis limbatus Balme 1957 | |