Faddah-I well, Mingar-IX well, Sharib-IX well (P-S2, Albian) (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Also known as Three boreholes from northern Western Desert (Egypt)

Where: Western Desert, Egypt (29.0° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 24.1° E)

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• Hauterivian-Barremian sediments suggest a general trend toward a more coastal to inner-shelf depositional environment. This may also be in- ferred from the high relative percentages of representatives of the genera Cribroperidinium, Cyclonephelium,Escharisphaeridiaand Systemato- phora.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: A. M. Omran, H. A. Soliman, and M. S. Mahmoud. 1990. Early Cretaceous palynology of three boreholes from northern Western Desert (Egypt). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 66:293-312 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142221: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
"Corollina sp." = Classopollis Pflug 1953
Dictyotriletes
  -
Dictyotriletes spp. Naumova 1950
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites spp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
Camptotriletes
  -
Monocolpites
  -
Monocolpites spp. Van der Hammen 1954
Converrucosisporites
  -
Converrucosisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Lycopsida
  -
Foveotriletes spp. Van der Hammen and Potonié 1956
Apiculatisporites
  -
"Apiculatisporites spp." = Apiculatisporis
"Apiculatisporites spp." = Apiculatisporis Potonié and Kremp 1956
Concavisporites
  -
Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Granulatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Osmundacidites spp. Couper 1953
Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Crybelosporites spp. Dettmann 1963
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
  -
Verrucosisporites spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
  - Polypodiaceae
Punctatisporites
  -
Punctatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Elaterosporites spp. Jardiné 1967 elaterate
 Cycadales -
Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads
Cycadopites
  -
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Angiospermae
  -
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953
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Afropollis spp. Doyle et al. 1982
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
 Coniferales -
Taurocusporites
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Chomotriletes
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Chomotriletes spp. Naumova 1953