Wadi Kilya-2 (Cretaceous of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.6° S, 33.3° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orbitolina Limestone Member (Qishn Formation), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• loose (fossils collected as float?)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• lithology described as limestone

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2568: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Zittelina sp. n. sp.
Zittelina sp. n. sp. Rollier 1919
"sp. ?nov." - originally entered as "Zittelina sp. ?nov."
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratulidae indet.
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840
fragments
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
? Nerinella sp.
? Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
originally entered as "?Nerinella sp."
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp.
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Harpagodes sp.
Harpagodes sp. Gill 1870 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea atava
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"cf. Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum, ? Amphidonte sp.
"cf. Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster
originally entered as "Exogyra cf. tuberculifera"
? Amphidonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 oyster
originally entered as "?Amphidonte sp."
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya valangiensis
Pholadomya valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1864 clam