PBDB Collection

Sara Kunda-1 well (Cretaceous of Gambia)

Where: Gambia (13.5° N, 15.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 19.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: V. Apostolescu. 1963. Essai de zonation par les ostracodes dans le Crétacé du bassin du Sénégal. Revue de l'Institut Français du Pétrole et Annales des Combustibles Liquides 18:1675-1694 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209423: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

• Information from secondary sources. Ostracods should come from different horizons and can be split into multiple collections.

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Ostracoda
Podocopida -	Bronsteiniana africana Bronsteiniana africana Apostolescu 1963 ostracod
Podocopida - Cytheridae	Sphaeroleberis senegalensis, Sphaeroleberis gambiensis Sphaeroleberis senegalensis Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Sphaeroleberis gambiensis Apostolescu 1963 ostracod
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Cophinia pulvinata, Cophinia incisa, Ovocytheridea acuta, Ovocytheridea rostrata Cophinia pulvinata Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Cophinia incisa Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Ovocytheridea acuta Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Ovocytheridea rostrata Apostolescu 1963 ostracod
Podocopida - Trachyleberididae	Buntonia guttata, Buntonia saginata, Buntonia torosa, Buntonia parva, Cythereis gambiensis, Cythereis bathurstensis, Cythereis sarakundaensis, Veenia glabella, Veenia velata, Veenia lauta, Veenia hebetata Buntonia guttata Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Buntonia saginata Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Buntonia torosa Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Buntonia parva Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Cythereis gambiensis Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Cythereis bathurstensis Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Cythereis sarakundaensis Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Veenia glabella Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Veenia velata Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Veenia lauta Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Veenia hebetata Apostolescu 1963 ostracod
Platycopida - Cytherellidae	Cytherella sarakundaensis, Cytherella gambiensis Cytherella sarakundaensis Apostolescu 1963 ostracod Cytherella gambiensis Apostolescu 1963 ostracod