Ghazalat-1 well, S. 2: Albian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Taxodiaceapollenites hiatus
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Steevisipollenites sinuosus
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Cyathldites australis
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Elateroaporites klaszii
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Concavissimisporites punctatus
Pocock 1964
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Cycadopites catpentieri
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
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Eucommiidites spp.
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ephedrales
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Ephedripites spp.
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Ephedripites ovalis
Müller 1968
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Ephedripites jansonii
Muller 1968
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Angiospermae
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Afropollis jardinus
Doyle et al. 1982
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Stellatopollis barghoornii
Doyle et al. 1975
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Angiospermae
- Gunnerales
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Tricolpites spp.
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Angiospermae
- Chloranthales
- Chloranthaceae
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Clavatipollenites hughesii
Kemp 1968
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Angiospermae
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Brenneripollis reticulatus
(Brenner 1963)
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replaced by Retimonocolpites reticulatus | |||||||
Coniferales
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Circulina parva
Brenner 1963
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Callialasporites trilobatus
(Balme 1957)
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original and current combination Tsugaepollenites trilobatus | |||||||
Callialasporites dampieri
(Balme 1957)
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original and current combination Zonallapollenites dampieri | |||||||
unclassified
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Trilobosporites laevigatus
El-Beialy 1994
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Pteridopsida
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Cyathidites minor
Couper 1953
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Deltoidospora hallii
Miner 1935
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Deltoidospora diaphana
Wilson and Webster 1946
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Todisporites major
Couper 1953
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Todisporites minor
Couper 1953
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unclassified
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Cibotiumspora juncta
Zhang 1978
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Murospora spp.
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Concavisporites spp.
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Polypodiopsida
- Marsileaceae
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Crybelosporites pannuceus
Srivastava 1977
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Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniaceae
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Gleicheniidites senonicus
Ross 1949
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Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus
Singh 1964
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Cicatricosisporites hughesii
Dettmann 1963
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Cicatricosisporites australiensis
Potonié 1956
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Cicatricosisporites hallei
Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniales
- Matoniaceae
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Dictyophyllidites harrisii
Couper 1958
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Balmeisporites holodictyus
Cookson and Dettmann 1958
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Araucariacites australis
Cookson 1947
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Equisetopsida
- Cheirolepidiaceae
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Classopollis classoides
Pflug 1953
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Equisetopsida
- Cupressales
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Spheripollenites psilatus
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original and current combination Sphaeripollenites | |||||||
Inaperturopollenites microgranulatus
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Inaperturopollenites spp.
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unclassified
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Brenneripollis perorcticulatus
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Psilamonocolpites spp.
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Perotriletes spp.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Western Desert |
Coordinates: | 29.0° North, 29.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 6.9° North, 24.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | lithified argillaceous siltstone |
Lithology description: Composed essentially of sandstones with thin shale and siltstones intercalations, it conformably overlies the Alamein Formation and underlies the Bahariya Formation. The age of the Kharita Formation is Albian | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | soft parts,original sporopollenin |
Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 142203 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | G. Doria | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2013-04-07 03:58:45 | Last modified: | 2013-04-06 12:58:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-07 03:58:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46190. | M. I. A. Ibrahim. 1996. Aptian-Turonian palynology of the Ghazalat-1 well (GTX-1), Qattara Depression, Egypt. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 94:137-168 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cárdenas] |