Khashm Mashraq, S1001 (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 33.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thambites ammonoid zone, Middle Member (Dhruma Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98716: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis, "Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia
"Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis Rouselle 1965
"Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia Buckman 1917
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Eurysites rotundus
Eurysites rotundus Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Sphaeroidothyris arabica n. sp.
Sphaeroidothyris arabica n. sp. Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Flabellothyris flabella, Sphriganaria modesta, "Sphriganaria elliptica n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) rollieri, "Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis, Sphriganaria costellata
Sphriganaria modesta Cooper 1989
"Sphriganaria elliptica n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) rollieri Farag 1962
"Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960