Where: Sinai, Egypt (29.1° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 28.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Neocomian (145.0 - 130.0 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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites giganteus, Inaperturopollenites turbatus
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958
Inaperturopollenites giganteus Goczan 1964
Inaperturopollenites turbatus Balme 1957 | |
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Neoraistrickia sp. PotoniƩ 1956 spikemoss | |
Alisporites | |
Alisporites similis Dettmann 1963 | |
Auritulinasporites | |
Auritulinasporites deltaformis Burger 1966 | |
Triplanosporites | |
Triplanosporites sp. Pflug 1953 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora psilostomata, Cyathidites minor, Cyathidites australis, Matonisporites phlebopteroides, Matonisporites equiexinus
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Matonisporites phlebopteroides Couper 1958
Matonisporites equiexinus Couper 1958 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
Leptolepidites major Couper 1953 | |
Impardecispora apiverrucata | |
Impardecispora apiverrucata Venkatachala et al. 1968 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Eucommiidites minor cycads | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites sp. Wodehouse 1933
Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964 | |
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |