Well Tano 1-1, 12400 (Cretaceous of Ghana)

Where: Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana (4.9° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 10.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Apollonian Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone

• Sandstone with streaks of shale and limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142264: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cybelosporites pannuceus
Trilobosporites
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Trilobosporites sp.
Trilobosporites sp. Potonié 1956
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Appendicisporites sp., Cicatricosisporites sp.
Appendicisporites sp. Weyland and Greifeld 1953
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites irregularis
Ephedripites irregularis Herngreen 1973
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites australis, Balmeiopsis limbatus
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Cyclonephelium vannophorum
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Spiniferites spp.
Spiniferites spp. Mantell 1850