Where: El Wadi El Gadid, Egypt (25.0° N, 28.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 23.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Six Hills Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical,
Primary reference: E. Schrank and M. S. Mahmoud. 2002. Barremian angiosperm pollen and associated palynomorphs from the Dakhla Oasis Area, Egypt. Palaeontology 45(1):33-56 [H. Wang/M. Arakaki/M. Arakaki]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139494: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 12.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Algae | |
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Ovoidites parvus Nakoman 1966 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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Deltoidospora spp. Miner 1935 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Verrucosisporites spp. Potonie and Kremp 1954 | |
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Cicatricosisporites spp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
| Triplanosporites | |
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Triplanosporites sp. Pflug 1953 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Afropollis "column operculatus gr" Doyle et al. 1982
Retimonocolpites "sp. 1" Pierce 1961 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
"Spheripollenites spp." = Sphaeripollenites
"Spheripollenites spp." = Sphaeripollenites Couper 1958 | |
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Araucariacites spp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Balmeisporites sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Classopollis spp. Pflug 1953 | |
| Concavissimisporites | |
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Concavissimisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Steevesipollenites sinuosus Azema and Boltenhagen 1974 cycads | |