Where: Gambe, Nigeria (10.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 3.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pinodiga Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve
Primary reference: O. Lawal and M. Moullade. 1986. Palynological biostratigraphy of Cretaceous sediments in the Upper Benue basin, NE. Nigeria. Revue de Micropaleontologie 29(1):61-83 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144201: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 02.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Angiospermae | |
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Monosulcites "sp. 1" Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Tricolpites "sp.SCl.107", Tricolpites giganteus, Tricolpites gigantoreticulatus, Tricolpites microstriatus
Tricolpites "sp.SCl.107" Couper 1953
Tricolpites giganteus Jardiné and Magloire 1965
Tricolpites gigantoreticulatus Jardiné and Magloire 1965
Tricolpites microstriatus Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
|
Droseridites senonicus Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
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Cretacaeiporites mulleri Herngreen 1973
Cretacaeiporites scabratus Herngreen 1974 | |
|
Tricolporopollenites "sp. S. 152" Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge
Tricolporopollenites "sp. S.Cl. 428" Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
|
Triorites africaensis Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
|
Ephedripites ambiguus Hedlund 1966 | |
| Monocolpopollenites | |
| Retitricolpites | |
| Equisetopsida | |
|
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975 | |
| Gnetaceaepollenites | |
|
Gnetaceaepollenites "sp. 1" Thiergart 1938 | |
| Galeacornea clavis | |
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Galeacornea clavis Stover 1963 elaterate | |