KW-1 Well, 2600-2610 m depth: Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, South Sudan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Longapertites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
Mauritiidites crassibaculatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
Angiospermae - Santalales - Loranthaceae
Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites sigalii Boltenhagen 1978
Angiospermae - Fabales - Polygalaceae
Tubistephanocolpites cylindricus Salami 1984
Angiospermae
Triorites informal sp. A Couper 1953
Magnoliopsida
Retitricolporites sp. Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964
unclassified
Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937
Monocolpopollenites spheroidites Jardiné and Magloire 1965
Scabratriporites simpliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Microthyriaceae
Callimothallus sp. Dilcher 1965
unclassified
Leiosphaeridia sp. Eisenack 1958
Chomotriletes minor Pocock 1970
see common names

Geography
Country:South Sudan
Coordinates: 9.3° North, 29.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.1° South, 22.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Darfur Formation:Zarga-Ghazal
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,hydrochloric,hydroflouric
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:199958
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2019-02-23 16:35:40 Last modified:2019-02-23 16:35:40
Access level:the public Released:2019-02-23 16:35:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
65104. 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]