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 199957: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Monocolpopollenites | |
Monocolpopollenites spheroidites Jardiné and Magloire 1965 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
Angiospermae | |
Proteacidites sigalii Boltenhagen 1978 | |
Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe
Syncolporites marginatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 mistletoe | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Periretisyncolpites phosphaticus Schrank 1987
Periretisyncolpites giganteus Kieser and Jan du Chene 1979
Retitricolporites sp. Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Ariadnaesporites sp. Potonié 1956 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953 | |
Gemmatriletes | |
Gemmatriletes sp. Pierce 1961 | |
Distaverrusporites | |
Distaverrusporites sp. Muller 1968 |