Where: Matruh, Egypt (30.9° N, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 22.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Khoman Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous, calcareous limestone
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 137376: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 15.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Spinizonocolpites cf. echinatus Muller 1968 palm |