Where: South Sudan (9.3° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° S, 21.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aradeiba Formation (Darfur Group), Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 83.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified claystone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric
Primary reference: J. M. Cole, O. Babiker Abdelrahim, A. W. Hunter, E. Schrank, and M. S. Bin Ismael. 2017. Late Cretaceous spore-pollen zonation of the Central African Rift System (CARS), Kaikang Trough, Muglad Basin, South Sudan: angiosperm spread and links to the Elaterates Province. Palynology 41:547-578 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199971: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnetaceaepollenites | |
Gnetaceaepollenites oreadis Srivastava 1968 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
Hepaticae | |
Zlivisporis blanensis Pacltova 1961 liverwort | |
Distaverrusporites simplex | |
Distaverrusporites simplex Muller 1966 |