West Tiba-1, Zone PIV, Sample 18 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kharita Member (Burg El-Arab Formation), Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified claystone

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 139329: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
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Retimonocolpites sp.
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp.
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
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Afropollis jardinus
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora spp.
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Elaterosporites sp.
Elaterosporites sp. Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Equisetopsida
 Cupressales - Pinidae
Inaperturopollenites spp.
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis sp., Araucariacites sp.
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953