Where: Gambe, Nigeria (10.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 3.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pindiga Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous shale and lithified, 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 144199: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 02.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Triorites africaensis Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
Angiospermae | |
Tricolpites "sp.1" Couper 1953
Tricolpites microstriatus Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
Cretacaeiporites krutzschi, Cretacaeiporites scabratus, Cretacaeiporites polygonalis, Cretacaeiporites mulleri
Cretacaeiporites scabratus Herngreen 1974
Cretacaeiporites polygonalis Herngreen 1974
Cretacaeiporites mulleri Herngreen 1973 | |
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967
Monosulcites "sp. 1" Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Tricolporopollenites "sp. S. 152" Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites ambiguus Hedlund 1966 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Steevesipollenites binodosus Stover 1964 cycads | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cicatricosisporites "sp. 2" Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
Galeacornea causea | |
Galeacornea causea Stover 1963 elaterate | |
Galeacornea clavis | |
Galeacornea clavis Stover 1963 elaterate | |
Gnetaceaepollenites | |
Gnetaceaepollenites "sp. 1" Thiergart 1938
Gnetaceaepollenites diversus Stover 1964 | |
Perotriletes pannuceus | |
Perotriletes pannuceus Brenner 1963 |