Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 6.7° N, 34.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Masajid Formation, Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 157.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous, muddy mudstone and lithified, argillaceous, silty shale
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 139317: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cycadopsida | |
Eucommiidites sp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953 | |
Taxodiaceaepollenites spp. Kremp 1958 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 |