Usman, Musa BBrasier, Alexander TJolley, David WAbubakar, UsmanMukkafa, Shehu2021-10-232021-10-232021-03Usman, M B, Brasier, A T, Jolley, D W, Abubakar, U & Mukkafa, S 2021, 'Did the Benue Trough connect the Gulf of Guinea with the Tethys Ocean in the Cenomanian? New evidence from the Palynostratigraphy of the Yola Sub-basin', Cretaceous Research, vol. 119, 104683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.1046830195-6671ORCID: /0000-0001-6103-2848/work/86450033ORCID: /0000-0003-0909-2952/work/169078613https://hdl.handle.net/2164/17384Acknowledgements: M.B. Usman gratefully acknowledges the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) for the award of a scholarship to study at the University of Aberdeen. The anonymous reviewers and the editor Eduardo Koutsoukos are thanked for their suggestions and corrections of the manuscript. We also acknowledge Roger David Burgess and Kelly Rebecca Snow for their technical assistance at the palynological laboratory of the University of Aberdeen.164334272engTrans-SaharaLate CretaceousPalynomorphsbiostratigraphyBenue TroughNigeriaFailed riftBiostratigraphyBIMA FORMATIONSTRATIGRAPHYNIGERIAEVOLUTIONFACIES ANALYSISCRETACEOUS SEDIMENTSBASINPALYNOLOGYAGEQE GeologyQ SciencePalaeontologySupplementary DataQEQJournal article10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104683https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85097471614