Where: West Kurdufan, Sudan (11.0° N, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Zone III (Apt.-Alb.) pollen zone, Bentiu Formation, Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• Reference section. Azx-1, interval 1595–1675 m (samples

•Az 05–Az 08).

•Definition. The top of this zone is indicated by the highest

•occurrence of Verrucosisporites rotundus, Stellatopollis

•densiornatus and the presence of Aequitriradites cf. acusus,

•Retimonocolpites variplicatus, Gnetaceaepollenites diversus,

•Gnetaceaepollenites sp. and Classopollis spp. Afropollis

•jardinus, Appendicisporis aegyptiaca and Steevesipollenites

•sinuosus occur just below the top of this zone.

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve

Primary reference: A. A. M. Eisawi, A. B. Ibrahim, O. B. A. Rahim and E. Schrank. 2012. Palynozonation of the Cretaceous to Lower Paleogene Strata of the Muglad Basin, Sudan. Palynology 36(2):191-207 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145166: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 28.05.2013

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