Where: South Sudan (9.3° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 20.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bentiu Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• early "mid" Cenomanian
• 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 200034: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites sp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis cf. torosus Burger 1965
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953 | |
Gnetaceaepollenites | |
Gnetaceaepollenites spp. Thiergart 1938 |