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 siltstone

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 200009: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019

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