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
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 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
"Corollina sp." = Classopollis Pflug 1953 | |
Dictyotriletes | |
Dictyotriletes spp. Naumova 1950 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Densoisporites spp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Camptotriletes | |
Camptotriletes spp. Naumova | |
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 | |
Ischyosporites spp. Balme 1957
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Granulatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Osmundacidites spp. Couper 1953 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Crybelosporites spp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
Verrucosisporites spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954 | |
Laevigatosporites spp. Ibrahim 1933 | |
Punctatisporites | |
Punctatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterosporites spp. Jardiné 1967 elaterate | |
Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites multicostatus Brenner 1963 | |
Angiospermae | |
Retimonocolpites spp. Pierce 1961 | |
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953 | |
Afropollis spp. Doyle et al. 1982 | |
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |
Taxodiaceaepollenites spp. Kremp 1958 | |
Taurocusporites | |
Taurocusporites spp. Stover 1962 | |
Chomotriletes | |
Chomotriletes spp. Naumova 1953 |