Dakhla Oasis Area, Tda-2a (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: El Wadi El Gadid, Egypt (25.5° N, 29.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Six Hills Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical,

Primary reference: E. Schrank and M. S. Mahmoud. 2002. Barremian angiosperm pollen and associated palynomorphs from the Dakhla Oasis Area, Egypt. Palaeontology 45(1):33-56 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139500: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 12.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pteridopsida
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Clavatisporites spp. Kedves and Simoncsics 1964
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites sp. Couper 1953
Polypodiopsida
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Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Verrucosisporites spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Appendicisporites spp. Weyland and Greifeld 1953
unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales -
Retitriletes sp. Pierce 1961 clubmoss
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Neoraistrickia sp. PotoniƩ 1956 spikemoss
Angiospermae
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Dicotyledoneae
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Angiospermae
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
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Retimonocolpites pennyi Schrank and Mahmoud 2002
Retimonocolpites cf. pennyi Schrank and Mahmoud 2002
Stellatopollis spp. Doyle 1976
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites microvelatus Schulz 1966 podocarp
Marchantiopsida
 Sphaerocarpales -
Aequitriradites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis spp. Pflug 1953
Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads
Cycadopites
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Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933
 Life -
Chomotriletes
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Chomotriletes sp. Naumova 1953
Tucanopollis
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Tucanopollis annulatus Schrank and Mahmoud 2002