West Tiba-1 (Jurassic to of Egypt)

Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 24.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Jurassic to Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified dolomite

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: M. S. Mahmoud and A.-R. M. Moawad. 2000. Jurassic-Cretaceous (Bathonian to Cenomanian) palynology and stratigraphy of the West Tiba-1 borehole, northern Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 30:401-416 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139303: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 10.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Equisetopsida
 Cupressales - Pinidae
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites spp.
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Nyssapollenites
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Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937
Foveotricolpites
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Taurocusporites
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Hepaticae
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Zlivisporis sp. Pacltová 1964 liverwort
Marchantiopsida
 Sphaerocarpales -
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Aequitriradites verrucosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Monocolpites
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Monocolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1954
 Coniferales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Angiospermae
 Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
Cretacaeiporites densimurus Schrank and Ibrahim 1995
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Retimonocolpites variplicatus Schrank and Mahmoud 1998
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Afropollis kahramanensis Ibrahim and Schrank 1995
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
Magnoliopsida
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Rousea spp. Srivastava 1969
Dictyotriletes
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Concavisporites
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Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Saadisporites aegyptiaca
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Pteridopsida
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Murospora
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Murospora sp. Somers 1952
Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites stylosus Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites striatus Dettmann 1963
  - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites spp. Dettmann 1963
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
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Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Pilosisporites
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Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Duplexisporites generalis
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Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Concavissimisporites
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Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Elaterosporites sp. Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate
 Cycadales -
Eucommiidites sp. Erdtman 1948 cycads
Cycadopites
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Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933
Chomotriletes
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