Where: Sinai, Egypt (29.1° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 28.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Neocomian (145.0 - 125.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical

Primary reference: M. Kora and S. El Beialy. 1989. Early Cretaceous palynomorphs from Gabal Musaba Salama area, Southwestern Sinai, Egypt. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 58:129-138 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140636: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 13.03.2013

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