Ghazalat-1 well, 4b: Turonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cyathldites australis
Tnporites spp.
Foveomorphomonocolpites rashadi
Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatas
Foveotricolpites giganteus Du Chene 1978
Nyssapollenites albertensis Singh 1971
Angiospermae
Retimonocolpites eckarti
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites spp.
Tricolporopollenites distinctus
Angiospermae - Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
Cretacaeiporites mullerii Herngreen 1973
Cretacaeiporites scabratus Herngreen 1974
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites spp.
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
Droseridites baculatus
Angiospermae
Tetracolpites spp.
Papillopollis vancampoae Kedves and Pittau 1979
Magnoliopsida
Rousea georgensis Dettmann 1973
Rousea miculipollis Srivastava 1975
Gemmatricolpites gemmatus
unclassified
Cibotiumspora juncta Zhang 1978
Pteridopsida
Deltoidospora hallii Miner 1935
Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958
Cycadopsida - Gnetales
Steevesipollenites spp.
Steevesipollenites cf. binodosus Stover 1964
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Equisetosporites ambiguus Hedlund 1966
Ephedripites spp.
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
see common names

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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Abu Roash
Local section:Abu Roash Local bed:1620-1623
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:142211
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2013-04-07 04:08:22 Last modified:2013-04-06 13:08:22
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-07 04:08:22
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]