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 142204: 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 | |
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Cibotiumspora juncta Zhang 1978 | |
| Trilobosporites | |
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Trilobosporites laevigatus El-Beialy 1994 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
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Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958 | |
Cicatricosisporites reticulatus, 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 | |
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Contignisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 | |
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Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
| Murospora | |
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Murospora spp. Somers 1952 | |
| Concavisporites | |
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Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
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Circulina parva Brenner 1963 | |
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Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp | |
| Angiospermae | |
"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus
"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus Doyle 1975 | |
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Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968 | |
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Tricolporopollenites spp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge | |
| Concavissimisporites | |
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Concavissimisporites punctatus Pocock 1964 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
| Cycadopites | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
| Brenneripollis | |
| Psilamonocolpites | |
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Psilamonocolpites spp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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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 | |
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Perotriletes spp. Reyre 1966 | |