West Tiba-1, Zone PIII, Sample 17 (Cretaceous to of Egypt)

Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 8.7° N, 24.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kharita Member (Burg El-Arab Formation), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 109.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: M. S. Mahmoud and A.-R. M. Moawad. 2000. Jurassic-Cretaceous (Bathonian to Cenomanian) palynology and stratigraphy of the West Tiba-1 borehole, northern Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 30:401-416 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139328: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
 Cupressales - Pinidae
Inaperturopollenites spp. PotoniƩ 1966
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Cycadopites
  -
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Angiospermae
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
  -
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961
Murospora
  -
Murospora sp. Somers 1952
Pteridopsida
  -
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Concavisporites
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Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
  - Marsileaceae
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963