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 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites minor, Todisporites minor, Todisporites major, Deltoidospora hallii, Deltoidospora diaphana
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites major Couper 1953
Deltoidospora hallii Miner 1935
Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Cibotiumspora | |
Cibotiumspora juncta Zhang 1978 | |
Trilobosporites | |
Trilobosporites laevigatus El-Beialy 1994 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958 | |
Cicatricosisporites australiensis, Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus, Cicatricosisporites hughesii, Cicatricosisporites hallei
Cicatricosisporites australiensis Potonié 1956
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964
Cicatricosisporites hughesii Dettmann 1963
Cicatricosisporites hallei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Crybelosporites pannuceus Srivastava 1977 | |
Murospora | |
Murospora spp. Somers 1952 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Circulina parva Brenner 1963 | |
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp | |
Angiospermae | |
Afropollis jardinus, Stellatopollis barghoornii, "Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Stellatopollis barghoornii Doyle et al. 1975
"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus Doyle 1975 | |
Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968 | |
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953 | |
Concavissimisporites | |
Concavissimisporites punctatus Pocock 1964 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites ovalis Müller 1968
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopsida | |
Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
Brenneripollis | |
Psilamonocolpites | |
Psilamonocolpites spp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953 | |
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites microgranulatus, Inaperturopollenites spp.
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966 | |
Perotriletes | |
Perotriletes spp. Reyre 1966 |