Where: El Wadi El Gadid, Egypt (25.5° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 23.7° 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 shale and lithified sandstone
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 139496: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis spp. Pflug 1953
Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeiopsis limbatus Balme 1957 | |
"Spheripollenites spp." = Sphaeripollenites
"Spheripollenites spp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Steevesipollenites sinuosus Azema and Boltenhagen 1974 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958 | |
Angiospermae | |
Afropollis "column operculatus gr" Doyle et al. 1982 | |
Clavatipollenites sp. Couper 1958 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Aequitriradites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Triporoletes reticulatus Playford 1971 | |
Triplanosporites | |
Triplanosporites sp. Pflug 1953 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964 | |
Dictyophyllidites sp. Couper 1958 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Cyathidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Pilosisporites | |
Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 |