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 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Densoisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
cf. Sestrosporites pseudoalveolatus Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Equisetopsida | |
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites spp.
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966 | |
Classopollis sp., Classopollis brasiliensis, Classopollis classoides, Classopollis torosus, Balmeisporites sp., Araucariacites sp., Araucariacites australis
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
Nyssapollenites | |
Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937 | |
Foveotricolpites | |
Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatus Schrank 1987 | |
Taurocusporites | |
Taurocusporites sp. Stover 1962 | |
Hepaticae | |
Zlivisporis sp. Pacltová 1964 liverwort | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Aequitriradites verrucosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Monocolpites | |
Monocolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Taxodiaceaepollenites spp. Kremp 1958 | |
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp | |
Angiospermae | |
Cretacaeiporites densimurus Schrank and Ibrahim 1995 | |
Retimonocolpites sp., Retimonocolpites variplicatus, Tetracolpites sp., Afropollis jardinus, Afropollis kahramanensis
Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961
Retimonocolpites variplicatus Schrank and Mahmoud 1998
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Afropollis kahramanensis Ibrahim and Schrank 1995 | |
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rousea spp. Srivastava 1969 | |
Dictyotriletes | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Saadisporites aegyptiaca | |
Saadisporites aegyptiaca Kedves 1986 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Matonisporites sp., Osmundacidites wellmanfi, Deltoidospora spp., Granulatisporites sp., Ischyosporites spp., Todisporites minor
Matonisporites sp. Couper 1958
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Granulatisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Ischyosporites spp. Balme 1957
Todisporites minor Couper 1953 | |
Murospora | |
Murospora sp. Somers 1952 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites stylosus Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites striatus Dettmann 1963 | |
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Gleicheniidites spp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933 | |
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Pilosisporites | |
Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Duplexisporites generalis | |
Duplexisporites generalis Deak 1962 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites multicostatus Brenner 1963 | |
Concavissimisporites | |
Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Concavissimisporites variverrucatus Brenner 1963 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterosporites sp. Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate | |
Eucommiidites sp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Chomotriletes | |
Chomotriletes fragilis Pocock 1962 |