Where: Saudi Arabia (25.1° N, 45.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 33.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Atash Mb. Member (Dhruma Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: J. Manivit, Y.-M. Le Nindre, and D. Vaslet. 1990. Le Jurassique D`Arabie Centrale. Document du BRGM 4(194):25-519 [F. Fursich/S. Hicks/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48563: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 23.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Pseudomarssonella sp. Redmond 1965 | |
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938 | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Daghanirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935 | |
"Eudesia cardioides" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides
"Eudesia cardioides" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Douvillé 1916 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam | |
Arcomytilus somaliensis mussel
Falcimytilus aff. suprajurensis Cox 1925 mussel
Inoperna cf. sowerbyana mussel | |
Gryphaea costellata, "Catinula knorri" = Gryphaea (Catinula)
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster
"Catinula knorri" = Gryphaea (Catinula) oyster | |
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Plagiostoma cf. subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam
Pseudolimea harronis file clam | |
"Chlamys cf. textorius" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Camptonectes laminatus Sowerby 1818 scallop
Eopecten inequistriatus scallop | |
"Entolium cf. corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium cf. corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Neocrassina ovata clam
Coelopis cf. lunata clam | |
Pholadomya aff. lirata, "Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei, Pholadomya cf. ovalis, Homomya cf. gibbosa
Pholadomya aff. lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
Pholadomya cf. ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam
Homomya cf. gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Protocardia ex gr. hillanum cockle | |
Pseudisocardia cf. macfadyeni Cox 1935 clam | |
Pleuromya cf. alduini Brongniart 1821 clam | |
Trigonia ex gr. pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Plegiocidaris sp. Pomel 1883 pencil urchin | |
Pseudocidaris levis sea urchin |