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
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 142203: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Brenneripollis | |
| Psilamonocolpites | |
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Psilamonocolpites spp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953 | |
Inaperturopollenites microgranulatus, Inaperturopollenites spp., "Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites | |
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Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |
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Circulina parva Brenner 1963 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968 | |
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Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953 | |
"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus, Afropollis jardinus, Stellatopollis barghoornii
"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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Trilobosporites laevigatus El-Beialy 1994 | |
| Cibotiumspora | |
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Cibotiumspora juncta Zhang 1978 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Crybelosporites pannuceus Srivastava 1977 | |
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Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958 | |
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus, Cicatricosisporites australiensis, Cicatricosisporites hallei, Cicatricosisporites hughesii
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964
Cicatricosisporites australiensis Potonié 1956
Cicatricosisporites hallei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Cicatricosisporites hughesii Dettmann 1963 | |
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Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora diaphana, Deltoidospora hallii, Cyathidites minor, Todisporites minor, Todisporites major
Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946
Deltoidospora hallii Miner 1935
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites major Couper 1953 | |
| Murospora | |
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Murospora spp. Somers 1952 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
Ephedripites ovalis Müller 1968 | |
| Cycadopites | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
| Concavissimisporites | |
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Concavissimisporites punctatus Pocock 1964 | |
| Perotriletes | |
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Perotriletes spp. Reyre 1966 | |