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 | |
| Concavissimisporites | |
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Concavissimisporites punctatus Pocock 1964 | |
| Cycadopites | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Tricolporopollenites spp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge | |
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Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968 | |
"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus
"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus Doyle 1975 | |
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Circulina parva Brenner 1963 | |
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Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |
| Trilobosporites | |
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Trilobosporites laevigatus El-Beialy 1994 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites minor, Deltoidospora hallii, Deltoidospora diaphana, Todisporites major, Todisporites minor
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Deltoidospora hallii Miner 1935
Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946
Todisporites major Couper 1953
Todisporites minor Couper 1953 | |
| Cibotiumspora | |
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Cibotiumspora juncta Zhang 1978 | |
| Murospora | |
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Murospora spp. Somers 1952 | |
| Concavisporites | |
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Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
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Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
Cicatricosisporites reticulatus, Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus, Cicatricosisporites hughesii, Cicatricosisporites australiensis, Cicatricosisporites hallei
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964
Cicatricosisporites hughesii Dettmann 1963
Cicatricosisporites australiensis Potonié 1956
Cicatricosisporites hallei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
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Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958 | |
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Contignisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 | |
| 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 | |
| Brenneripollis | |
| Psilamonocolpites | |
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Psilamonocolpites spp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 | |
| Perotriletes | |
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Perotriletes spp. Reyre 1966 | |