Geochemical characteristics and U-Pb zircon LA-ICPMS ages of granitoids from the Pan-African Dahomeyide orogen, West Africa

► We collect granitoids samples in Dahomeyide orogen from Ghana, Togo and Benin. ► The granitoids are characterized by I-type signatures consistent with a subduction origin. ► We determined U-Pb zircon metamorphic ages range from 615 to 589 Ma. ► The crystallization ages range from 2.14 to 2.19 Ga. ► U-Pb zircon ages documenting Paleoproterozoic rocks in the postulated juvenile terrane.