Kolmani River-1 well. Longapertites marginatus Assemblage (Cretaceous to of Nigeria)

Where: Gombe, Nigeria (10.1° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 4.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gombe Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, ferruginous, silty shale and lithified claystone

• See Figure 2
• The Gombe Formation is made up of three major lithofacies: (1) alternating beds of silty shales and fine-medium grained sandstones with ironstone intercalations, overlain by (2) medium grained quartz arenite with occasional and iron oxide cement and (3) brick-red coloured, fine - medium

•grained sandstone, with tabular cross-bedding highlighted by layers and streaks of pure white sandstones

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 163728: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 10.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Auriculidites reticulatus
Clavatricolporites
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Clavatricolporites "spp."
Clavatricolporites "spp." Potonié 1970
Angiospermae
 Proteales -
Retidiporites magdalensis
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Longapertites marginatus
Longapertites marginatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
Magnoliopsida
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Syndemicolpites typicus
Syndemicolpites typicus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
Pteridopsida
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Matonisporites "spp.", Cyathidites australis
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Lycopsida
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Foveotriletes microfoveolatus