West Tiba-1, Zone PIII, Sample 14 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

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

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Taxonomic list

Concavisporites
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Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
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Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Marchantiopsida
 Sphaerocarpales -
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958
Cycadopites
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Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
Equisetopsida
 Cupressales - Pinidae
Inaperturopollenites spp. PotoniƩ 1966
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Magnoliopsida
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Rousea spp. Srivastava 1969
Angiospermae
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Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
Chomotriletes
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