Where: Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana (4.9° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 11.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Apollonian Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone and 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 142252: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Dinophyceae | |
Spiniferites spp. Mantell 1850 | |
Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966 | |
Cyclonephelium vannophorum Davey 1969 | |
Lycopsida | |
Uvaesporites sp. Döring 1965 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Balmeiopsis limbatus Balme 1957 |