Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 24.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Alam El-Beuib Member (Burg El-Arab Formation), Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous, sandy sandstone 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 139319: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Ischyosporites spp. Balme 1957 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Gleicheniidites spp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Crybelosporites striatus Dettmann 1963 | |
Pilosisporites | |
Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Taurocusporites | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
Inaperturopollenites spp. PotoniƩ 1966 | |
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953 | |
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |
Cycadopsida | |
Eucommiidites sp. Erdtman 1948 cycads |