Where: Matruh, Egypt (30.9° N, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 22.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Dahab Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, silty, calcareous shale and lithified, sandy sandstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Primary reference: M. R. Abdel-Kireem, E. Schrank, A. M. Samir and M. I. A. Ibrahim. 1996. Cretaceous palaeoecology, palaeogeography and palaeoclimatology of the northern Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 22(1):93-111 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137372: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 15.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
Crybelosporites pannuceus Srivastava 1977 | |
Angiospermae | |
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterosporites klaszi Jardiné 1967 elaterate | |
Ginkgoopsida | |