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Abidjan, Ivory Coasti
Regional Level Types
AbidjanAutonomous District
Ivory CoastCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Abidjan3,677,115 (2016)
Abobo900,000 (2016)
Anyama100,653 (2016)
Bingerville50,694 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
144027
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:144027:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Côte d'Ivoire
Other Languages:
French:
Département d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Simplified Chinese:
阿比讓省, 科特迪瓦
Swahili:
Wilaya ya Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Urdu:
آبیدجان محکمہ, آئیوری کوسٹ


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences81
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed125 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Circulina
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Richinidae : Circulina125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Inaperturopollenites
genus
Cupressales : Inaperturopollenites125 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Tricolpites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Tricolpites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Cicatricosisporites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Schizaeales : Schizaeaceae : Cicatricosisporites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Elaterocolpites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Gnetales : Elaterocolpites125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Elaterosporites verrucatus
species
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Gnetales : Elaterosporites : Elaterosporites verrucatus125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Elaterosporites protensus
species
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Gnetales : Elaterosporites : Elaterosporites protensus125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Elaterosporites klaszi
species
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Gnetales : Elaterosporites : Elaterosporites klaszi125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lycopodiumsporites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lycopodiales : Lycopodiaceae : Lycopodiumsporites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Matonisporites
genus
Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Matonisporites125 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Araucariacites australis
species
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Araucariacites : Araucariacites australis125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Classopollis
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cheirolepidiaceae : Classopollis125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Perotrilites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales : Selaginellaceae : Perotrilites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Trilites
genus
Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Trilites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Aequitriradites
genus
Plantae : Marchantiophyta : Marchantiopsida : Sphaerocarpales : Aequitriradites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Plicatella
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Schizaeales : Plicatella125 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Monosulcites
genus
Plantae : Angiospermae : Monosulcites100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tricolporopollenites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Malpighiales : Euphorbiaceae : Tricolporopollenites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Chomotriletes
genus
Chomotriletes125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Multiporopollenites
genus
Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Multiporopollenites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Raistrickia
genus
Raistrickia125 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Osmundacidites wellmani
species
Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Osmundacidites : Osmundacidites wellmani125 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Corrugatisporites
genus
Corrugatisporites125 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Veryhachium reductum
species
Veryhachium : Veryhachium reductum125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Trifossapollenites
genus
Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Trifossapollenites125 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abidjan_Department
Wikidata ID:Q4667612
GeoNames ID:11153151


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