Khashm Hassiya, S1148 (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.8° N, 46.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 33.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Atash Member (Dhruma Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• probably Atash Member

• 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 98722: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Ectyphoria inflata, "Arabicella subpentagonalis" = Arabatia bihinensis, "Arabicella subplana" = Arabatia bihinensis
Ectyphoria inflata Cooper 1989
"Arabicella subpentagonalis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
"Arabicella subplana" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929