Where: South Sudan (9.3° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 20.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bentiu Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• early "mid" Cenomanian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siltstone
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 200012: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Exesipollenites tumulus | |
Exesipollenites tumulus Balme 1957 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites sp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
Angiospermae | |
Arecipites microfoveolatus Ibrahim 2002 palm | |
Striatricolpites | |
Striatricolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1956 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Undulatisporites sp. Pflug 1953 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Balmeiopsis limbata Archangelsky 1979 | |
Hormogoneae | |
Celyphus rallus Batten 1973 |