Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 23.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bahariya Formation, Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified dolomite and lithified claystone
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 139337: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foveotricolpites | |
Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatus Schrank 1987 | |
Nyssapollenites | |
Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
Angiospermae | |
Cretacaeiporites densimurus Schrank and Ibrahim 1995 | |
Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982 | |
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935 |