Where: Gambe, Nigeria (10.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 3.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Yolde Formation, Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous shale and lithified, silty, calcareous limestone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve
Primary reference: O. Lawal and M. Moullade. 1986. Palynological biostratigraphy of Cretaceous sediments in the Upper Benue basin, NE. Nigeria. Revue de Micropaleontologie 29(1):61-83 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144198: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 02.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cicatricosisporites "sp. 2" Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975 | |
Galeacornea causea | |
Galeacornea causea Stover 1963 elaterate | |
Galeacornea clavis | |
Galeacornea clavis Stover 1963 elaterate | |
Gnetaceaepollenites | |
Gnetaceaepollenites diversus Stover 1964
Gnetaceaepollenites clathratus Stover 1964 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites "sp. II" Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958
Ephedripites "sp. 5" Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958 | |
Angiospermae | |
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982 | |
Hexaporotricolpites potoniei Boltenhagen 1969 | |
Tricolpites "sp.1" Couper 1953 | |
Cretacaeiporites mulleri Herngreen 1973
Cretacaeiporites polygonalis Herngreen 1974 | |
Monosulcites "sp. 1" Cookson and Couper 1953
Monosulcites "sp. 2" Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Tricolporopollenites "sp. S. 152" Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge | |
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967 | |
Perotriletes pannuceus | |
Perotriletes pannuceus Brenner 1963 |