Where: South Sudan (9.3° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° S, 22.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baraka Formation (Darfur Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 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 199947: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Pteridopsida | |
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cf. Cingulatisporites sp. Thomson et al. 1953 | |
| Hepaticae | |
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Zlivisporis blanensis Pacltova 1961 liverwort | |
| Acanthotriletes | |
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Acanthotriletes sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe | |
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Buttinia andreevi Boltenhagen 1967 | |
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Grimsdalea magnaclavata Germeraad et al. 1968 palm
Longapertites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm | |