Where: Nikalagu, Nigeria (8.0° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 2.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Eze-Aku Formation (Asu River Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous, black, argillaceous shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve
Primary reference: O. Lawal. 1991. Palynological age and correlation of a black shale section in the Eze-Aku Formation, Lower benue Trough, Nigeria. Journal African Earth Sciences 12(3):473-482 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144574: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Afropollis sp. Doyle et al. 1982 | |
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Cretacaeiporites scabratus Herngreen 1974 | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Triorites africaensis Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975 | |
| Gnetaceaepollenites | |
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Gnetaceaepollenites "sp. 1" Thiergart 1938
Gnetaceaepollenites diversus Stover 1964 | |
| Galeacornea causea | |
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Galeacornea causea Stover 1963 elaterate | |
| Perotriletes pannuceus | |
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Perotriletes pannuceus Brenner 1963 | |