Well Tano 1-1, 5430 (Cretaceous of Ghana)

Where: Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana (4.9° N, 2.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.5° N, 1.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Apollonian Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone and lithified, calcareous shale

• Sandstone with streaks of shale and 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 142233: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Subtilisphaera sp. Jain and Millepied 1971
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Angiospermae
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Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982