PBDB Collection

Ghazalat-1 well, 4c (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Western Desert, Egypt (29.0° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Abu Roash Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, calcareous limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• Represented by the lower part, which could be attributed to the G, F and E Members. Generally, it consists of limestone, shaly limestone and shale interbeds. The age of the Abu Roash "G" Member is late Cenomanian (Hantar, 1990; E1-Shamma and Arafa, 1992; Schrank and Ibrahim, 1995), while the F and E Members are of Turonian age (Hantar, 1990).

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 142210: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

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unclassified
-	Cyathldites australis, Tnporites spp., Foveomorphomonocolpites rashadi, Steevesioollenites spp. Cyathldites australis Tnporites spp. Foveomorphomonocolpites rashadi Steevesioollenites spp.
Nyssapollenites
-	Nyssapollenites albertensis Nyssapollenites albertensis Singh 1971
Foveotricolpites
-	Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatas, Foveotricolpites giganteus Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatas Foveotricolpites giganteus Du Chene 1978
Magnoliopsida
-	Rousea delicipollis, Rousea miculipollis, Rousea georgensis Rousea delicipollis Srivastava 1977 Rousea miculipollis Srivastava 1975 Rousea georgensis Dettmann 1973
Angiospermae
Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae	Cretacaeiporites mullerii Cretacaeiporites mullerii Herngreen 1973
Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae	Arecipites "sp. A" Arecipites "sp. A" Nichols et al. 1973 palm
Caryophyllales - Droseraceae	Droseridites baculatus Droseridites baculatus
Gunnerales -	Tricolpites spp., Tricolpites (cf. Foveotricolpites) irregularis Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953 Tricolpites (cf. Foveotricolpites) irregularis
-	Retimonocolpites eckarti Retimonocolpites eckarti
Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae	Tricolporopollenites spp., Tricolporopollenites distinctus Tricolporopollenites spp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge Tricolporopollenites distinctus spurge
Concavisporites
-	Concavisporites spp. Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Polypodiopsida
Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae	Dictyophyllidites harrisii Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958
Schizaeales - Polypodiidae	Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964
Pteridopsida
-	Deltoidospora diaphana, Deltoidospora hallii Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946 Deltoidospora hallii Miner 1935
Ginkgoopsida
Ephedrales -	Ephedripites spp., Ephedripites jansonii, Equisetosporites ambiguus Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968 Equisetosporites ambiguus Hedlund 1966
Cycadopsida
Gnetales -	Steevesipollenites cf. binodosus Steevesipollenites cf. binodosus Stover 1964 cycads
Cycadales -	Eucommiidites spp. Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads