GPSW-7 WELL, Sample 1 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: north Western Desert, Egypt (30.0° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 23.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Poorly fossiliferous interval zone, A Member (Abu Roash Formation), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray limestone and lithified, green, calcareous shale

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical

Primary reference: S. El Beialy, H. S. El Atfy, M. S. Zavada, E. M. El Khoriby, and R. H. Abu-Zied. 2010. Palynological, palynofacies, paleoenvironmental and organic geochemical studies on the Upper Cretaceous succession of the GPTSW-7 well, North Western Desert, Egypt. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27:370-385 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/G. Doria]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140379: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 09.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Florentinia berran Below 1982
Oligosphaeridium cf. complex Davey and Williams 1966
 Gonyaulacales - Ceratiaceae
Odontochitina sp. Deflandre 1935
Odontochitina singhii Morgan 1980
Phoberocysta sp. Millioud 1969
Phoberocysta neocomica Millioud 1969
Xenascus ceratioides Lentin and Williams 1973
 Gonyaulacales -
Xiphophoridium alatum Sarjeant 1966
 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Dinopterygium cladoides Deflandre 1935
Nyssapollenites
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Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937
Foveotricolpites
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Auriculiidites reticulatus
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Magnoliopsida
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 Bennettitales -
Angiospermae
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
 Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
Droseridites senonicus Jardiné and Magloire 1965
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites cf. africaensis Schrank and Ibrahim 1995
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis Ibrahim 1996 water lily
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Afropollis kahramanensis Ibrahim and Schrank 1995
Retimonocolpites variplicatus Schrank and Mahmoud 1998
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Elaterocolpites castelanii elaterate
Forma A plus Forma B
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Steevesipollenites grambasti Azema and Boltenhagen 1974 cycads
Cibotiumspora
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Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Microreticulatisporites
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Sofrepites legouxae
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Sofrepites legouxae Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Cooksonites
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Cooksonites sp. Pocock 1962
Elateroplicites africaensis
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Elateroplicites africaensis Herngreen 1973 elaterate
Senegalosporites
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Senegalosporites petrobrasi Herngreen 1973 elaterate