Well Tano 1-1, 4880: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Ghana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Galaecornea causea
Retitricolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1956
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Balmeiopsis limbatus (Balme 1957)
original and current combination Inaperturopollenites limbatus
Cycadopsida - Gnetales
Elaterosporites protensus Jardiné 1967
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites barghooni
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966
Dinophyceae
Spiniferites spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Ghana State/province:Sekondi-Takoradi
Coordinates: 4.9° North, 2.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.3° South, 10.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Apollonian
Local section:Tano 1-1 Local bed:4880 m
Local order:top to bottom
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:soft parts,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:142229
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-04-07 08:54:18 Last modified:2013-04-06 17:54:18
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-07 08:54:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43916. 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]