Ghazalat-1 well, 4b (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 142211: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cyathldites australis, Tnporites spp., Foveomorphomonocolpites rashadi
Cibotiumspora
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Cibotiumspora juncta
Polypodiopsida
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Dictyophyllidites harrisii
Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora hallii, Deltoidospora diaphana
Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Equisetosporites ambiguus, Ephedripites spp., Ephedripites jansonii
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Steevesipollenites spp., Steevesipollenites cf. binodosus
Steevesipollenites spp. Stover 1964 cycads
Nyssapollenites
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Nyssapollenites albertensis
Foveotricolpites
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Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatas, Foveotricolpites giganteus
Magnoliopsida
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Rousea georgensis, Rousea miculipollis, Gemmatricolpites gemmatus
Rousea georgensis Dettmann 1973
Rousea miculipollis Srivastava 1975
Angiospermae
 Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
Cretacaeiporites mullerii, Cretacaeiporites scabratus
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites spp., Tricolporopollenites distinctus
Tricolporopollenites spp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge
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Retimonocolpites eckarti, Tetracolpites spp., Papillopollis vancampoae
Tetracolpites spp. Srivastava 1967
Papillopollis vancampoae Kedves and Pittau 1979
 Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
Droseridites baculatus
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites spp.
Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953