Well Tano 1-1, 4960: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Ghana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cybelosporites pannuceus
Galaecornea causea
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites barghooni
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
Cycadopsida - Gnetales
Elaterosporites protensus Jardiné 1967
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967
Dinophyceae
Spiniferites spp.
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966
see common names

Geography
Country:Ghana State/province:Sekondi-Takoradi
Coordinates: 4.9° North, 2.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.3° South, 10.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Apollonian
Local section:Tano 1-1 Local bed:4960 m
Local order:top to bottom
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: Sandstone with streaks of shale and limestone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:soft parts,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:142231
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-04-07 08:57:36 Last modified:2013-04-06 17:57:36
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-07 08:57:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43916. 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]