Repeated occurrence of palaeo-wildfires during deposition of the Bahariya Formation (early Cenomanian) of Egypt

El Atfy, Haytham; Anan, Tarek; Jasper, André; Uhl, Dieter

doi:10.1186/s42501-019-0042-6

Journal of Palaeogeography

Table 1 Published records of Cenomanian macro-charcoal and inertinites

From: Repeated occurrence of palaeo-wildfires during deposition of the Bahariya Formation (early Cenomanian) of Egypt

Location	Age	Charcoal	Reference
Dakota Formation, western Interior Basin, USA	Albian–Cenomanian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Gröcke et al. 2006
Kansas, Ellsworth and Cloud counties, USA	Albian–Cenomanian	Undifferentiated woody charcoal	Wang 2004; Brown et al. 2012
Rose Creek Pit, Nebraska, USA	Albian–Cenomanian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Richey et al. 2018
Kukpowruk River, western North Slope, Alaska, USA	Albian–Cenomanian	Charcoalified wood fragments	Spicer and Herman 2001; Brown et al. 2012
Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia	Albian–Cenomanian	Unspecified, probably wood in association with Ptilophyllum	Pole and Douglas 1999; Brown et al. 2012
Bajo Comision, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	Albian–Cenomanian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Passalia 2007; Brown et al. 2012
Dakota Formation, South–Central Minnesota, USA	Albian–Cenomanian	Fern sporangia and synangia (aff. Marattiaceae).	Hu et al. 2006; Brown et al. 2012
North Maryland, Bull Mountain, USA	Albian–Cenomanian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Crane and Herendeen 1996; Brown et al. 2012
Prangenhaus Quarry (locality ‘Karstspalte’) near Wülfrath, Germany	Albian–Cenomanian	Charred remains of Chloranthistemon flowers	Hartkopf-Fröder et al. 2012
Gyeongsang Basin, Korea	Cenomanian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Hong and Lee 2013
Pecínov Quarry, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, North-West Prague, Czech Republic	Cenomanian	Angiosperm flowers and wood, conifer wood and twigs, ginkgo branches, ferns and lycopsids	Uličný et al. 1997; Eklund and Kvaček 1998; Falcon-Lang et al. 2001; Kvaček and Eklund 2003; Falcon-Lang 2004; Brown et al. 2012
Brník, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, East Prague, Czech Republic	Cenomanian	Abundant angiosperms	Kvaček and Friis 2010; Brown et al. 2012
Hloubĕtín-Hutĕ, Prague, Czech Republic	Cenomanian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Eklund and Kvaček 1998; Kvaček and Eklund 2003; Brown et al. 2012
Moravia, Czech Republic	Cenomanian	Angiosperm fruits and seeds, including Platanaceae	Knobloch and Mai 1991; Brown et al. 2012
Maryland, Maudlin Mountain, Elk Neck Peninsular, USA	Cenomanian	Angiosperm wood and flowers (aff. Lauraceae)	Drinnan et al. 1991; Herendeen 1991a, 1991b; Brown et al. 2012
San Juan River Coalfield, Colorado, USA	Cenomanian	Inertinite	Brown et al. 2012 Based on data from Glasspool and Scott (2010)
Texas, USA	Cenomanian	Charcoalified plant remains	Noto et al. 2012
Gard, southern France	Cenomanian	Charcoalified wood	Girard et al. 2012
Aude, southern France	Cenomanian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Girard et al. 2013
Southwestern Utah Coalfield, Utah, USA	Cenomanian–Turonian Boundary	Inertinite	Brown et al. 2012 Based on data from Glasspool and Scott (2010)
Rudnyy, Kustanay Region, Kazakhstan	Cenomanian–Turonian	Rare charcoal, type not specified	Frumin and Friis 1996; Brown et al. 2012
British Columbia, Bullmoose Creek, Canada	Cenomanian–Turonian	Inertinite	Brown et al. 2012 Based on data from Glasspool and Scott (2010)
Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia	Cenomanian–Turonian	Charcoal present, type not specified	Fletcher et al. 2014

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