Faddah-I well, Mingar-IX well, Sharib-IX well (P-S1/P-S2, Aptian) (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Also known as Three boreholes from northern Western Desert (Egypt)

Where: Western Desert, Egypt (29.0° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 25.0° E)

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• Hauterivian-Barremian sediments suggest a general trend toward a more coastal to inner-shelf depositional environment. This may also be in- ferred from the high relative percentages of representatives of the genera Cribroperidinium, Cyclonephelium,Escharisphaeridiaand Systemato- phora.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: A. M. Omran, H. A. Soliman, and M. S. Mahmoud. 1990. Early Cretaceous palynology of three boreholes from northern Western Desert (Egypt). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 66:293-312 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142220: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cosmosporites elegans, Clavatipolienites spp.
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites spp.
Punctatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Concavisporites
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Concavisporites spp.
Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Pteridopsida
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Kyrtomisporis spp., Osmundacidites spp., Ischyosporites spp., Deltoidospora spp., Granulatisporites spp.
Kyrtomisporis spp. Madler 1964
Osmundacidites spp. Couper 1953
Ischyosporites spp. Balme 1957
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Granulatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Lycopsida
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Foveotriletes spp.
Foveotriletes spp. Van der Hammen and Potonié 1956
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites spp.
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Verrucosisporites spp.
Verrucosisporites spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
  - Marsileaceae
Crybelosporites spp.
Crybelosporites spp. Dettmann 1963
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites spp., Cicatricosisporites sinuosus, Cicatricosisporites brevilaesuratus
Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Kuylisporites lunaris
Kuylisporites lunaris Cookson and Dettmann 1958 scaly tree fern
Apiculatisporites
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"Apiculatisporites spp." = Apiculatisporis
"Apiculatisporites spp." = Apiculatisporis Potonié and Kremp 1956
 Coniferales -
Taxodiaceaepollenites spp.
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites sp., Callialasporites dampieri
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Taurocusporites
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Taurocusporites spp.
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites spp., Balmeisporites holodictyus, "Corollina sp." = Classopollis
Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
"Corollina sp." = Classopollis Pflug 1953
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites spp.
Densoisporites spp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Reticulatisporites spp.
Reticulatisporites spp. Ibrahim 1933 clubmoss
Dictyotriletes
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Dictyotriletes spp.
Dictyotriletes spp. Naumova 1950
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites spp.
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Eucommiidites spp.
Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads
Cycadopites
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Cycadopites spp.
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933
Camptotriletes
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Camptotriletes spp.
Chomotriletes
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Chomotriletes spp.
Chomotriletes spp. Naumova 1953