Ghazalat-1 well, 5b: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Taxodiaceapollenites hiatus
Steevisipollenites sinuosus
Cyathldites australis
Tnporites spp.
Foveomorphomonocolpites rashadi
Concavisporites spp.
Polypodiopsida
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites psarosus Norris 1969
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964
Cicatricosisporites hughesii Dettmann 1963
Pteridopsida
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Deltoidospora hallii Miner 1935
Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946
Angiospermae
Retimonocolpites excelsus
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Dichastopollenites ghazalatensis Ibrahim 1996
Angiospermae - Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Clavatipollenites hughesii Kemp 1968
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites spp.
Angiospermae
Tetracolpites spp.
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites spp.
Tricolporopollenites distinctus
Angiospermae
Afropollis kahramanensis Ibrahim and Schrank 1995
Angiospermae - Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
Cretacaeiporites mullerii Herngreen 1973
Magnoliopsida
Rousea georgensis Dettmann 1973
Rousea delicipollis Srivastava 1977
Striatopollis trochuensis Ward 1986
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Classopollis brasillensis
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953
Equisetopsida - Cupressales
Inaperturopollenites spp.
unclassified
Nyssapollenites albertensis Singh 1971
Psilamonocolpites spp.
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Eucommiidites spp.
unclassified
Cycadopites catpentieri
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Equisetosporites ambiguus Hedlund 1966
Ephedripites spp.
Ephedripites irregularis Herngreen 1973
Ephedripites ovalis Müller 1968
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt State/province:Western Desert
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 29.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.7° North, 23.8° 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
Formation:Abu Roash
Local section:Abu Roash Local bed:2118-2121
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very fine lithified calcareous "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: Represented by the lower part, which could be attributed to the G, F and E Members. Generally, it consists of limestone, shaly limestone and shale interbeds. The age of the Abu Roash "G" Member is late Cenomanian (Hantar, 1990; E1-Shamma and Arafa, 1992; Schrank and Ibrahim, 1995), while the F and E Members are of Turonian age (Hantar, 1990).
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
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:142208
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-04-07 04:06:08 Last modified:2013-04-06 13:06:08
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-07 04:06:08
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]