Where: South Sudan (9.3° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 22.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zarga-Ghazal Formation (Darfur Group), Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone
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 199954: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Callimothallus sp. Dilcher 1965 | |
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Leiosphaeridia sp. Eisenack 1958 | |
| Hepaticae | |
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Zlivisporis blanensis Pacltova 1961 liverwort | |
| Algae | |
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Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
| Scabratriporites | |
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Scabratriporites simpliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966 | |
| Retitricolpites | |
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Retitricolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1956 | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
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Gemmatricolpites pergemmatus Awad 1994 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Triorites "sp. A" Couper 1953 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Retimonocolpites retifossulatus Lorente 1986 | |
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Tubistephanocolpites cylindricus Salami 1984 milkwort | |