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 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 139332: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
cf. Sestrosporites pseudoalveolatus Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Densoisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Dictyotriletes | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rousea spp. Srivastava 1969 | |
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp | |
Taxodiaceaepollenites spp. Kremp 1958 | |
Angiospermae | |
Cretacaeiporites densimurus Schrank and Ibrahim 1995 | |
Retimonocolpites variplicatus Schrank and Mahmoud 1998 | |
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Afropollis kahramanensis Ibrahim and Schrank 1995
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Todisporites minor, Matonisporites sp., Ischyosporites spp., Granulatisporites sp., Deltoidospora spp., Osmundacidites wellmanfi
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Matonisporites sp. Couper 1958
Ischyosporites spp. Balme 1957
Granulatisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935 | |
Pilosisporites | |
Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933 | |
Gleicheniidites spp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites stylosus Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites striatus Dettmann 1963 | |
Murospora | |
Murospora sp. Somers 1952 | |
Duplexisporites generalis | |
Duplexisporites generalis Deak 1962 | |
Saadisporites aegyptiaca | |
Saadisporites aegyptiaca Kedves 1986 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterosporites sp. Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate | |
Eucommiidites sp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites multicostatus Brenner 1963 | |
Concavissimisporites | |
Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Aequitriradites verrucosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Hepaticae | |
Zlivisporis sp. Pacltová 1964 liverwort | |
Taurocusporites | |
Taurocusporites sp. Stover 1962 | |
Foveotricolpites | |
Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatus Schrank 1987 | |
Nyssapollenites | |
Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937 | |
Equisetopsida | |
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites spp.
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966 | |
Classopollis sp., Classopollis torosus, Classopollis brasiliensis, Classopollis classoides, Araucariacites sp., Araucariacites australis, Balmeisporites sp.
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Monocolpites | |
Monocolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Chomotriletes | |
Chomotriletes fragilis Pocock 1962 |