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 199949: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Callimothallus sp. Dilcher 1965 | |
Nigeripollis | |
Nigeripollis gemmatus Salami 1985 | |
Monosulcites wodehousei | |
"Monosulcites wodehousei" = Couperipollis wodehousei
"Monosulcites wodehousei" = Couperipollis wodehousei Biswas 1962 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
Angiospermae | |
Proteacidites sigalii Boltenhagen 1978 | |
Longapertites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
Grimsdalea magnaclavata Germeraad et al. 1968 palm | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Retitricolporites sp. Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933 |