Dakhla Oasis Area, Sh-1a: Barremian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae
Retimonocolpites informal sp. 1 Pierce 1961
Single category
Angiospermae - Liliaceae
Liliacidites sp. Couper 1953
Single category
Angiospermae
Afropollis informal column operculatus gr
Common category
Pteridopsida
Cyathidites sp. Couper 1953
Present category
Deltoidospora spp.
Common category
unclassified
Triplanosporites sp. Pflug 1953
Single category
Polypodiopsida
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Present category
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Single category
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales
Appendicisporites spp.
Single category
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites spp.
Present category
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964
Present category
Algae - Zygnemataceae
Ovoidites parvus Nakoman 1966
Single category
unclassified
Cycadopites spp.
Single category
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites spp.
Present category
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
Single category
unclassified
Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Present category
Concavissimisporites punctatus Pocock 1964
Present category
Marchantiopsida - Sphaerocarpales
Aequitriradites spp.
Present category
Marchantiopsida - Marchantiidae
Triporoletes reticulatus Playford 1971
Present category
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Classopollis spp.
Present category
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Present category
Balmeisporites informal sp. 1 Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Single category
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Circulodinium deflandrei Alberti 1961
Present category
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Ceratiaceae
Odontochitina operculata Deflandre 1935
Single category
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966
Present category
Florentinia cf. khaldunii
Present category
Florentinia informal sp. short spined Davey and Verdier 1973
Present category
Florentinia laciniata Davey and Verdier 1973
Present category
Dinophyceae
Spiniferites informal sp. short spined Mantell 1850
Present category
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:El Wadi El Gadid
Coordinates: 25.5° North, 29.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° North, 23.7° 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:576-582
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
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:139495
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Modifier:G. Doria Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-02-12 12:29:43 Last modified:2013-02-11 19:31:54
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-12 12:29:43
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]