A new elater-bearing Late Albian pollen species from offshore eastern Saudi Arabia |
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Authors: | SATISH K SRIVASTAVA FLS |
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Institution: | Chevron Oil Field Research Company, P.O. Box 446, La Habra, California 90631, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A new elater-bearing pollen referable to Elaterocolpites is described from Late Albian sediments of the Arabian Gulf, offshore eastern Saudi Arabia. This pollen has a main body consisting of five elater-like projections in the equatorial area and five colpi, one colpus at the base of each projection. The exine has three layers. The foot-layer forms the nexine whereas the other two layers, the baculate-layer and the tectum, form the sexine. The exine structure has an angiosperm affinity. The pollen occurs within the Middle Cretaceous phytogeoprovince characterized by its elater-bearing palynomorph occurrences. |
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Keywords: | Elaterocolpites palynomorph |
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