Gebel Hafit anticlie, Al Ain: Priabonian, United Arab Emirates
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina tenuistriata
(Leymerie 1846)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Chlidonophoridae
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Orthothyris pectinoides
(von Koenen 1894)
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Geography
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Coordinates: | 24.1° North, 55.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.5° North, 48.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dammam | Member: | Mazyad | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of the Mazyad Member. The marls and limestones of the lower part of this member yielded a rich fauna of planktonic and larger foraminifera and other faunas. The presence of Nummulites ptukhiani Kacharava, 1969, Silvestriella tetraedra (Gümbel, 1870) and Pellatispira madaraszi (Hantken, 1876) indicates a Priabonian Age (Boukhary et al. 2005). Based on planktonic foraminifera, the Globigerinatheka semiinvoluta Zone has been identified (its equivalent in nummulitic zonation is the Nummulites hottingeri Zone). This interval is also correlated with the shallow benthic zone SBZ 19 defined by Serra-Kiel et al. (1998). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified marl |
| Lithology description: Poorly lithified based on brachiopod and foram preservation | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa (ZPAL) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190203 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-02 22:04:08 | Last modified: | 2017-12-02 22:04:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-02 22:04:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63993. | M. A. Bitner and M. Boukhary. 2012. First record of Eocene brachiopods from the United Arab Emirates, Arabian Gulf and their paleogeographical significance. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 265:275-279 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |