Wadi Darbat region, Zalumah Fm (Eocene of Oman)
Where: Oman (17.4° N, 54.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 46.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zalumah Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Late Priabonian
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone
• Paludal biomicritic limestones
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: E. Neubert and D. van Damme. 2012. Palaeogene continental molluscs of Oman. Contribution to Natural History (20)1-28 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171343: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Lanistes tricarinatus n. sp. apple snail
Lanistes thaytinitiensis n. sp. apple snail
Pila sp. Röding 1798 apple snail | |
Cyclotopsis praecursor n. sp.
Cyclotopsis praecursor n. sp. periwinkle | |
Trochozonites arabica n. sp.
Trochozonites arabica n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012 slug | |
Succinea omanensis n. sp.
Succinea omanensis n. sp. amber snail | |
? Zootecus sp. Westerlund 1887 slug | |
Achatina sculpturata n. sp., Limicolaria omanensis n. sp.
Achatina sculpturata n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012 slug
Limicolaria omanensis n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012 slug | |
Cerastus | |
Cerastus praeinsularis n. sp., Cerastus pseudoena n. sp.
Cerastus praeinsularis n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012
Cerastus pseudoena n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012 |