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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
"Corollina sp." = Classopollis Pflug 1953
Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
Punctatisporites | |
Punctatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
Taxodiaceaepollenites spp. Kremp 1958 | |
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |
Camptotriletes | |
Camptotriletes spp. Naumova | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Reticulatisporites spp. Ibrahim 1933 clubmoss | |
Densoisporites spp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss | |
Taurocusporites | |
Taurocusporites spp. Stover 1962 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Apiculatisporites | |
"Apiculatisporites spp." = Apiculatisporis
"Apiculatisporites spp." = Apiculatisporis Potonié and Kremp 1956 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Crybelosporites spp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Laevigatosporites spp. Ibrahim 1933 | |
Verrucosisporites spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954 | |
Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Cicatricosisporites sinuosus Hunt 1985
Cicatricosisporites brevilaesuratus Kemp 1970 | |
Kuylisporites lunaris Cookson and Dettmann 1958 scaly tree fern | |
Pteridopsida | |
Ischyosporites spp., Deltoidospora spp., Kyrtomisporis spp., Granulatisporites spp., Osmundacidites spp.
Ischyosporites spp. Balme 1957
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Kyrtomisporis spp. Madler 1964
Granulatisporites spp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Osmundacidites spp. Couper 1953 | |
Lycopsida | |
Foveotriletes spp. Van der Hammen and Potonié 1956 | |
Dictyotriletes | |
Dictyotriletes spp. Naumova 1950 | |
Chomotriletes | |
Chomotriletes spp. Naumova 1953 |