West Tiba-1, Zone PIV, Sample 20 (REPEATED): Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cicatticosisporites myrtellii
Cosmosporites elegans
Echinatisporites varispinosus
informal Triporates informal sp.
Monocolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1954
Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatus Schrank 1987
Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Classopollis brasiliensis Herngreen 1975
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Equisetopsida - Cupressales
Inaperturopollenites spp.
Spheripollenites sp. (Couper 1958)
original and current combination Sphaeripollenites
unclassified
Cycadopites spp.
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Eucommiidites sp. Erdtman 1948
Cycadopsida - Gnetales
Elaterosporites sp. Jardiné 1967
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites spp.
Ephedripites multicostatus Brenner 1963
unclassified
Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Angiospermae - Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
Cretacaeiporites densimurus Schrank and Ibrahim 1995
Angiospermae
Retimonocolpites variplicatus Schrank and Mahmoud 1998
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Afropollis kahramanensis Ibrahim and Schrank 1995
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
Magnoliopsida
Rousea spp.
Coniferales
Taxodiaceaepollenites spp.
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961
Callialasporites dampieri (Balme 1957)
original and current combination Zonallapollenites dampieri
Callialasporites trilobatus (Balme 1957)
original and current combination Tsugaepollenites trilobatus
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
cf. Sestrosporites pseudoalveolatus Dettmann 1963
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Densoisporites sp. Dettmann 1963
Hepaticae
Zlivisporis sp. Pacltová 1964
unclassified
Taurocusporites minor
Taurocusporites sp. Stover 1962
Marchantiopsida - Sphaerocarpales
Aequitriradites verrucosus (Cookson and Dettmann 1958)
original and current combination Cirratriradites verrucosus
Aequitriradites spinulosus (Cookson and Dettmann 1958)
original and current combination Cirratriradites spinulosus
unclassified
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Murospora sp. Somers 1952
Duplexisporites generalis Deak 1962
Polypodiopsida - Marsileaceae
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites striatus Dettmann 1963
Crybelosporites stylosus Dettmann 1963
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953
Polypodiopsida
Verrucosisporites acrostichumoides
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites spp.
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricososporites ellipsoideus
Cicatricosisporites spo
Undulatisporites undulatus
Pteridopsida
Ischyosporites spp.
Deltoidospora spp.
Matonisporites sp. Couper 1958
Granulatisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Osmundacidites wellmanfi
unclassified
Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Saadisporites aegyptiaca Kedves 1986
Dictyotriletes granulatus
Chomotriletes fragilis Pocock 1962
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:Western Desert
Coordinates: 31.0° North, 27.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.2° North, 23.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Burg El-Arab Member:Kharita
Local section:Burg El-Arab Local bed:7400 ft
Local order:top to bottom
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified dolomite
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:soft parts,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:139332
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Modifier:G. Doria Research group:paleobotany
Subset of collection #:139303
Created:2013-02-11 03:58:57 Last modified:2013-02-10 15:42:28
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-11 03:58:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
44781. M. S. Mahmoud and A.-R. M. Moawad. 2000. Jurassic-Cretaceous (Bathonian to Cenomanian) palynology and stratigraphy of the West Tiba-1 borehole, northern Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 30:401-416 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/M. Uhen]