Where: Oman (24.9° N, 55.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 46.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Simsima Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Position in succession unknown.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, nodular, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the OUM
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1995. Maastrichtian ammonites from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 51:241-250 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175468: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Hauer 1858 ammonite |