Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 23.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Abu Roash Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified limestone
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 139345: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
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Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961 | |
| Concavisporites | |
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Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |