West Tiba-1, Zone PVb, Sample 30: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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informal Triporates informal sp.
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Concavisporites sp.
Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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Equisetopsida
- Cheirolepidiaceae
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Classopollis sp.
Pflug 1953
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Araucariacites sp.
Cookson and Couper 1953
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Araucariacites australis
Cookson 1947
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Rare category | ||||||
Equisetopsida
- Cupressales
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Inaperturopollenites spp.
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Angiospermae
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Retimonocolpites sp.
Pierce 1961
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Present category | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Western Desert |
Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 27.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° North, 23.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
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: | 139345 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | G. Doria | Research group: | paleobotany |
Subset of collection #: | 139303 | ||
Created: | 2013-02-11 04:15:09 | Last modified: | 2013-02-10 11:15:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-11 04:15:09 |
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] |