Jebel Rawdah, upper beds - Facies 4, beds 20-21: Maastrichtian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus inflatus (Cotteau and Gauthier 1895)
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Petalobrissus cf. linguiformis (Peron and Gauthier 1881)
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Gastropoda - Mesogastropoda
Strombacea sp. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Umboniinae indet. (Adams and Adams 1854)
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman
Coordinates: 24.9° North, 56.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.0° South, 53.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Simsima
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: bioclastic sands
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:151656
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-09 20:04:59 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-01-09 20:04:59
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
48462. A. B. Smith, N. J. Morris, A. S. Gale and B. R. Rosen. 1995. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) echinoid-mollusc-coral assemblages and palaeoenvironments from a Tethyan carbonate platform succession, northern Oman Mountains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:155-168 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]