Dakhla Oasis Area, Ba-6: Barremian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hymenoreticulisporites cf. altimuronatus
Single category
Tucanopollis cf. crisopolensis Regali 1989
Common category
Angiospermae
Afropollis informal column operculatus gr
Present category
Pteridopsida
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Single category
Deltoidospora spp.
Common category
unclassified
Triplanosporites sp. Pflug 1953
Present category
Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953
Single category
Polypodiopsida
Verrucosisporites spp.
Present category
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Present category
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae
Contignisporites sp. Dettmann 1963
Single category
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites spp.
Present category
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Dictyophyllidites sp. Couper 1958
Single category
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Eucommiidites spp.
Present category
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites spp.
Present category
unclassified
Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Single category
Concavissimisporites punctatus Pocock 1964
Single category
Marchantiopsida - Sphaerocarpales
Aequitriradites spp.
Single category
Hepaticae
Zlivisporis blanensis Pacltova 1961
Single category
Equisetopsida - Cupressales
Spheripollenites spp.
Present category
original and current combination Sphaeripollenites
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Classopollis spp.
Common category
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites spp.
Common category
unclassified
Chomotriletes sp. Naumova 1953
Single category
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:El Wadi El Gadid
Coordinates: 25.5° North, 29.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.8° North, 23.9° 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:Ba-6 Local bed:517-523
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary 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:139498
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-02-12 12:36:03 Last modified:2013-02-11 19:36:03
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-12 12:36:03
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]