Where: Western Desert, Egypt (29.0° N, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° N, 24.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kharita Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous sandstone and lithified, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Primary reference: M. I. A. Ibrahim. 1996. Aptian-Turonian palynology of the Ghazalat-1 well (GTX-1), Qattara Depression, Egypt. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 94:137-168 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142205: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Tricolporopollenites spp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge | |
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Tricolpites spp. Couper 1953 | |
Stellatopollis barghoornii, Afropollis jardinus, "Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus
Stellatopollis barghoornii Doyle et al. 1975
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982
"Brenneripollis reticulatus" = Retimonocolpites reticulatus Doyle 1975 | |
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Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp | |
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Circulina parva Brenner 1963 | |
| Brenneripollis | |
| Psilamonocolpites | |
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Psilamonocolpites spp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958 | |
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites microgranulatus, Inaperturopollenites spp.
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites
Inaperturopollenites spp. Potonié 1966 | |
| Cycadopsida | |
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Eucommiidites spp. Erdtman 1948 cycads | |
| Cycadopites | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Ephedripites jansonii Muller 1968
Ephedripites ovalis Müller 1968 | |
| Concavissimisporites | |
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Concavissimisporites punctatus Pocock 1964 | |
| Trilobosporites | |
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Trilobosporites laevigatus El-Beialy 1994 | |
| Murospora | |
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Murospora spp. Somers 1952 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Leptolepidites spp. Couper 1953 | |
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Contignisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 | |
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Dictyophyllidites harrisii Couper 1958 | |
Cicatricosisporites reticulatus, Cicatricosisporites hallei, Cicatricosisporites hughesii, Cicatricosisporites australiensis, Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus
Cicatricosisporites hallei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Cicatricosisporites hughesii Dettmann 1963
Cicatricosisporites australiensis Potonié 1956
Cicatricosisporites orbiculatus Singh 1964 | |
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Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
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Crybelosporites pannuceus Srivastava 1977 | |
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Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
| Concavisporites | |
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Concavisporites spp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora diaphana, Deltoidospora hallii, Todisporites minor, Todisporites major, Cyathidites minor
Deltoidospora diaphana Wilson and Webster 1946
Deltoidospora hallii Miner 1935
Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites major Couper 1953
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953 | |
| Cibotiumspora | |
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Cibotiumspora juncta Zhang 1978 | |
| Perotriletes | |
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Perotriletes spp. Reyre 1966 | |