Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 23.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kharita Member (Burg El-Arab Formation), Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified dolomite
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 139333: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rousea spp. Srivastava 1969 | |
Angiospermae | |
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
Retimonocolpites sp. Pierce 1961
Tetracolpites sp. Srivastava 1967 | |
Concavissimisporites | |
Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterosporites sp. Jardiné 1967 elaterate | |
Nyssapollenites | |
Nyssapollenites sp. Thiergart 1937 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953 | |
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites spp.
"Spheripollenites sp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966 |