Where: El Wadi El Gadid, Egypt (25.0° N, 28.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 23.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Six Hills Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siltstone and lithified shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical,
Primary reference: E. Schrank and M. S. Mahmoud. 2002. Barremian angiosperm pollen and associated palynomorphs from the Dakhla Oasis Area, Egypt. Palaeontology 45(1):33-56 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139493: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Fromea warlinghamensis acritarchs | |
Pteridopsida | |
Clavatisporites spp. Kedves and Simoncsics 1964
Cyathidites sp. Couper 1953
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935 | |
Triplanosporites | |
Triplanosporites sp. Pflug 1953 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Dictyophyllidites sp. Couper 1958 | |
Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964 | |
Verrucosisporites spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963 | |
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Angiospermae | |
Stellatopollis spp. Doyle 1976
Retimonocolpites "sp. 1" Pierce 1961
Retimonocolpites pennyi Schrank and Mahmoud 2002 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Balmeiopsis limbatus Balme 1957
Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Classopollis spp. Pflug 1953 | |
"Spheripollenites scabratus" = Sphaeripollenites, "Spheripollenites spp." = Sphaeripollenites
"Spheripollenites scabratus" = Sphaeripollenites
"Spheripollenites spp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Triporoletes reticulatus Playford 1971 | |
Aequitriradites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Aequitriradites acusus Dettmann 1963
Aequitriradites spinulosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 |