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 sandstone
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 139325: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Densoisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Equisetopsida | |
Inaperturopollenites spp. PotoniƩ 1966 | |
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rousea spp. Srivastava 1969 | |
Angiospermae | |
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961 | |
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Chomotriletes | |
Chomotriletes fragilis Pocock 1962 |