Ghazalat-1 well, 4c: Turonian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cyathldites australis
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Tnporites spp.
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Foveomorphomonocolpites rashadi
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Steevesioollenites spp.
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Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora hallii
Miner 1935
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Deltoidospora diaphana
Wilson and Webster 1946
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unclassified
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Concavisporites spp.
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Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniales
- Matoniaceae
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Dictyophyllidites harrisii
Couper 1958
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Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus
Singh 1964
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unclassified
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Nyssapollenites albertensis
Singh 1971
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Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatas
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Foveotricolpites giganteus
Du Chene 1978
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Magnoliopsida
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Rousea delicipollis
Srivastava 1977
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Rousea miculipollis
Srivastava 1975
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Rousea georgensis
Dettmann 1973
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Angiospermae
- Caryophyllales
- Droseraceae
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Droseridites baculatus
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Angiospermae
- Gunnerales
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Tricolpites spp.
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Tricolpites (cf. Foveotricolpites) irregularis
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Arecipites informal sp. A
Nichols et al. 1973
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Euphorbiaceae
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Tricolporopollenites spp.
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Tricolporopollenites distinctus
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Angiospermae
- Austrobaileyales
- Trimeniaceae
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Cretacaeiporites mullerii
Herngreen 1973
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Angiospermae
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Retimonocolpites eckarti
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
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Eucommiidites spp.
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Cycadopsida
- Gnetales
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Steevesipollenites cf. binodosus
Stover 1964
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ephedrales
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Ephedripites spp.
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Ephedripites jansonii
Muller 1968
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Equisetosporites ambiguus
Hedlund 1966
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Geography
| Country: | Egypt | State/province: | Western Desert |
| Coordinates: | 29.0° North, 29.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.3° North, 23.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
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: | 142210 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | G. Doria | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2013-04-07 04:07:43 | Last modified: | 2013-04-06 13:07:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-07 04:07:43 |
| 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] |