Dakhla Oasis Area, GD-3: Barremian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pteridopsida
Deltoidospora spp.
Present category
unclassified
Triplanosporites sp. Pflug 1953
Single category
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites spp.
Present category
Polypodiopsida
Verrucosisporites spp.
Present category
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Present category
Angiospermae
Afropollis informal column operculatus gr
Single category
Retimonocolpites informal sp. 1 Pierce 1961
Single category
unclassified
Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Present category
Cycadopsida - Gnetales
Steevesipollenites sinuosus Azema and Boltenhagen 1974
Single category
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Present category
Araucariacites spp.
Common category
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Classopollis spp.
Present category
Equisetopsida - Cupressales
Spheripollenites spp.
Common category
original and current combination Sphaeripollenites
Algae - Zygnemataceae
Ovoidites parvus Nakoman 1966
Single category
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:El Wadi El Gadid
Coordinates: 25.0° North, 28.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.6° North, 23.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Six Hills
Local section:Sh-1 Local bed:525-531
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:soft parts,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:139494
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Modifier:G. Doria Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-02-12 12:26:34 Last modified:2013-02-11 19:32:44
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-12 12:26:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8506. E. Schrank and M. S. Mahmoud. 2002. Barremian angiosperm pollen and associated palynomorphs from the Dakhla Oasis Area, Egypt. Palaeontology 45(1):33-56 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]