Where: Tarfaya, Morocco (28.3° N, 11.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 10.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Albian to Middle Albian (109.0 - 99.6 Ma)
• L'association de plusieurs taxons bons marqueurs
•stratigraphiques [ Litosphaeridium arundum (EISE-
•NACK et COOKSON) Davey, 1979 emend. Lucas-
•Clarke, 1984, Xiphophoridium alata (COOKSON et
•EISENACK) Sarjeant, 1966, Striatopollis dubius,
•la diversit6 des sporomorphes ~ e1ateres, les forts
•pourcentages d'Afropollis jardinus et de Crybelosporites pannuceus permettent d'attribuer les niveaux &udi6s au passage de l'Albien moyen/suparieur a l'Albien terminal.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous, silty siltstone and lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous siltstone
•branches, des radioles d'oursins, des rostres de be-
•lemnites, des d6bris de poissons et une esp~ce d'os-
•tracodes (Cytheris fahrioni brigandis). Certains
•niveaux du milieu de la coupe sont riches en debris
•de bois montrant une forte influence continentale
•dans cette section essentiellement marine.
•en structure subhorizontale entre les villes de Tan-
•Tan et Tarfaya pr6sentent des coupes sous forme de
•talus au bord des oueds ou des sebkhas. L'Albien su-
•p6rieur pr6sum6 affleure ~ l'embouchure de l'Oued
•Chbeika, sur sa rive gauche (coordonn6es lat. :
•28o18 ', long. : 11o32 ', Fig. 1). I1 est constitu6 essen-
•tiellement d'argiles vers la base avec des intercala-
•tions greseuses ~ laminations parall~les. Au sommet,
•les bancs greseux deviennent plus frequents, plus
•epais et plus lumachelliques.
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve
Primary reference: I. Bettar and H. Meón. 2001. Palynological study of the Middle/Upper Albian transition inthe Tarfaya Basin (Southwest of Morocco) and some new data about the African-South-Amrican Province. Review of Micropaleontology 44:107-123 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144143: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 01.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Psilatriletes | |
Psilatriletes radiatus Brenner 1963 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Crybelosporites pannuceus Srivastava 1977 | |
Baculatisporites comaumensis Potonie 1953
Rotverrusporites sp. Döring 1964 | |
Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
Leptolepidites verrucatus Couper 1953 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora attstralis, Deltoidospora minor, Matonisporites crassiangulatus, Osmundacidites wellmanii
Deltoidospora minor Pocock 1970
Matonisporites crassiangulatus Levet-Carette 1964
Osmundacidites wellmanii Couper 1953 | |
Cingutriletes | |
Cingutriletes sp. Pierce 1961 | |
Marchantiopsida | |
Triporoletes reticulatus Playford 1971 | |
Interulobites | |
Interulobites sp. Phillips 1971 | |
Raistrickia | |
Angiospermae | |
Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961 | |
Liliacidites sp. Couper 1953
Liliacidites variegatus Couper 1953 | |
Clavatipollenites tenellis Paden et al. 1971 | |
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
Tricolpites reticulatus Couper 1953
Tricolpites crassimurus Singh 1971
Tricolpites variabilis Burger 1970 | |
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Quadricolpites reticulatus Wingate 1983 | |
Angiospermae | |
Cretacaeiporites polygonalis Herngreen 1974
Cretacaeiporites mulleri Herngreen 1973 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rousea doylei, Rousea geranoides, Rousea georgensis, Striatopollis sp., Striatopollis dubius, Striatopollis cf. paraneus
Rousea georgensis Dettmann 1973
Striatopollis sp. Krutzsch 1959
Striatopollis dubius Burger 1976
Striatopollis cf. paraneus Singh 1971 | |
Sofrepites | |
Sofrepites boltenhagenii elaterate | |
Exesipollenites | |
Exesipollenites scabratus Pocock 1970 | |
Galeacornea causea | |
Galeacornea causea Stover 1963 elaterate | |
Perinopollenites elatoides | |
Perinopollenites elatoides Couper 1958 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953 | |
Phimopollenites | |
Phimopollenites sp. Dettmann 1973
Phimopollenites pannosus Dettmann 1974 | |
Phimopollenites augathallaensis | |
Phimopollenites augathallaensis Dettman 1973 | |
Penetetrapites mollis | |
Penetetrapites mollis Hedlund and Norris 1968 | |
Retitricolpites | |
Retitricolpites operculatus Herngreen 1973
Retitricolpites virgeus Brenner 1962 | |
Foveotricolpites | |
Foveotricolpites giganteus Du Chene 1978 | |
Dryadopollis | |
Dryadopollis "sp. A" Srivastava 1977
Dryadopollis inconspicuus Burger 1993 | |
Dryadopollis argus | |
Dryadopollis argus Srivastava 1975 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterocolpites castelainii, Elaterosporites "sp. 1", Elaterosporites "sp.2", Elaterosporites verrucatus, Elaterosporites klaszii, Steevesipollenites spp.
Elaterocolpites castelainii Jardiné and Magloire 1965 elaterate
Elaterosporites "sp. 1" Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites "sp.2" Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites verrucatus Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Elaterosporites klaszii Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Steevesipollenites spp. Stover 1964 cycads | |
Eucommiidites troedssonii Potonié 1958 cycads | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964
Cycadopites glottus Wingate 1980 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Reticulatisporites pudens Balme 1957 clubmoss | |
Patellasporites distaverrucosus Kemp 1970 spikemoss | |
Schizosporis | |
Elateroplicites africaensis | |
Elateroplicites africaensis Herngreen 1973 elaterate | |
Senegalosporites | |
Senegalosporites petrobrasi Herngreen 1973 elaterate |