Kumo-6 Borehole, Upper Albian-Middle Cenomanian: Late/Upper Albian - Middle Cenomanian, Nigeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Baculatricolpites informal sp.1
Steevesipollenites binodosus
Pollen informal Po304
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites informal sp. 2 Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites informal sp.1 Couper 1953
Angiospermae - Buxales - Didymelaceae
Hexaporotricolpites potoniei Boltenhagen 1969
Angiospermae
Monosulcites informal sp. 1 Cookson and Couper 1953
Monosulcites informal sp. 2 Cookson and Couper 1953
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites informal sp. S. 152 Thomson and Pflug 1953
Angiospermae
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Angiospermae - Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
Cretacaeiporites polygonalis Herngreen 1974
Cretacaeiporites mulleri Herngreen 1973
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites informal sp. II Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites informal sp. 5 Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites jansoniistaplini
unclassified
Galeacornea causea Stover 1963
Galeacornea clavis Stover 1963
Gnetaceaepollenites diversus Stover 1964
Gnetaceaepollenites clathratus Stover 1964
Perotriletes pannuceus Brenner 1963
see common names

Geography
Country:Nigeria State/province:Gambe
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.7° South, 3.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian - Middle Cenomanian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yolde
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified silty,calcareous "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:soft parts
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:chemical,hydrochloric,hydroflouric,sieve
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:144198
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Modifier:G. Doria Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-05-02 01:49:29 Last modified:2013-05-01 10:58:31
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-02 01:49:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46625. 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. Cárdenas]