Ghazalat-1 well, S. 3 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Western Desert, Egypt (29.0° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 24.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kharita Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous sandstone and lithified, argillaceous siltstone

• Composed essentially of sandstones with thin shale and siltstones intercalations, it conformably overlies the Alamein Formation and underlies the Bahariya Formation. The age of the Kharita Formation is Albian

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: M. I. A. Ibrahim. 1996. Aptian-Turonian palynology of the Ghazalat-1 well (GTX-1), Qattara Depression, Egypt. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 94:137-168 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142202: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Brenneripollis
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Psilamonocolpites
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Psilamonocolpites spp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
 Cupressales - Pinidae
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
 Coniferales -
Circulina parva Brenner 1963
Angiospermae
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953
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"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus Doyle 1975
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Stellatopollis barghoornii Doyle et al. 1975
Concavisporites
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Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Trilobosporites
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Cibotiumspora
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Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Crybelosporites pannuceus Srivastava 1977
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Contignisporites sp. Dettmann 1963
  - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites spp. Couper 1953
  - Gleicheniaceae
Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites major Couper 1953
Murospora
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Murospora spp. Somers 1952
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites ovalis Müller 1968
Cycadopites
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Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads
Concavissimisporites
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Reyrea polymorpha
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Reyrea polymorpha Herngreen 1973
Perotriletes
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Perotriletes spp. Reyre 1966