Bassin du Sénégal, Albien Supérieur-Cénomanien Inférieur (Cretaceous to of Senegal)

Also known as Zone a Hedbergella washitensis- Globigirina planispira

Where: Dakar, Senegal (14.8° N, 17.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° N, 21.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous, calcareous lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: S. Jardiné and H. Magloire. 1965. Palynologuie et stratigraphie du Crétacé des Bassin du Sénégal et Cote d'Ivoire. Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Miniéres 32:187-245 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137360: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 15.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Life -
Veryhachium reductum Deunff 1958 acritarchs
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
 Cupressales - Pinidae
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Trifossapollenites
  -
Multiporopollenites
  -
Corrugatisporites
  -
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 clubmoss
Pteridopsida
  -
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites "sp. 1" Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Cicatricosisporites "sp. 2" Potonie and Gelletich 1933
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites "sp. 1" Erdtman and Couper 1947
Trilites "sp. 2" Erdtman and Couper 1947
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Elaterosporites verrucatus Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites klaszi Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites protensus Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Cycadopites
  -
Cycadopites ovatus Rouse 1959
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites "sp. 1" Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge
 Gunnerales -
  -
Monosulcites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Marchantiopsida
 Sphaerocarpales -
Aequitriradites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Circulina sp. Sepkoski 2002 ostracod
Chomotriletes
  -
Chomotriletes sp. Naumova 1953