Where: Gombe, Nigeria (10.1° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 3.8° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gongila Formation, Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale and lithified claystone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Primary reference: C. N. Nwojiji, P. Osterloff, A. Okoro and P. O. Ukeri. 2013. Palynostratigraphy and Age of the Sequence Penetrated by the Kolmani River 1 Well in the Gongola Basin, Northern Benue Trough, Nigeria. Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics 1(1):15-21 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 163725: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 10.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Monocolpopollenites | |
Monocolpopollenites sphaeroidites Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
Psilatricolpites | |
Psilatricolpites "spp." Van der Hammen and Wijmstra 1964 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Steevesipollenites binodosus Stover 1964 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites "spp." Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Foveotricolporites "spp." Pierce 1961 | |
Angiospermae | |
Syncolporites subtilis Boltenhagen 1976 mistletoe | |
Tricolpites psilatus Martin 1973 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 |