Where: Oman (26.2° N, 56.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 43.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Elphinstone Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, brown wackestone and lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G.M. Lees, W. Gray in 1924-1925; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. G. S. Hudson and R. P. S. Jefferies. 1961. Upper Triassic brachiopods and lamellibranchs from the Oman Peninsula, Arabia. Palaeontology 4(1):1-41 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41213: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 08.07.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle |