PBDB Collection

Al Ma'abir III-2 (Jurassic of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 31.1° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Madbi Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Al Ma'abir section

•upper storm bed, 30 m below top of formation

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

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 2555: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae	Bathrotomaria sp. Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail
Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae	"Rhabdoconcha sp." = Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) "Rhabdoconcha sp." = Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) snail
Bivalvia
Trigoniida - Trigoniidae	Trigonia sp. Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	aff. Neocrassina unilateralis aff. Neocrassina unilateralis clam originally entered as "Neocrassina aff. unilateralis"
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina sp. Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Pholadida - Pleuromyidae	? Pleuromya sp. ? Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam originally entered as "?Pleuromya sp."
Cardiida - Kalenteridae	? Myoconcha sp. ? Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824 clam originally entered as "?Myoconcha sp."
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Pseudotrapezium sp. Pseudotrapezium sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	cf. Modiolus bipartitus cf. Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel originally entered as "Modiolus cf. bipartitus"
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Indogrammatodon egertonianus Indogrammatodon egertonianus Stoliczka 1865 clam
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Deltoideum delta, Nanogyra fourtani Deltoideum delta Smith 1817 oyster Nanogyra fourtani oyster originally entered as "Nannogyra fourtani"
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Arctostrea eruca Arctostrea eruca oyster
Ostreida - Palaeolophidae	aff. Actinostreon solitaria aff. Actinostreon solitaria oyster originally entered as "Actinostreon aff. solitaria"
Pectinida - Limidae	Ctenostreon sp., cf. Limaria mandawaensis Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862 file clam cf. Limaria mandawaensis file clam originally entered as "Limaria cf. mandawaensis"
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes sp., cf. Eopecten aubreyi, Chlamys sp. Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop cf. Eopecten aubreyi scallop originally entered as "Eopecten cf. aubreyi" Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae	Perisphinctes sp. Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae	Microthyridina farquharsoni Microthyridina farquharsoni Muir-Wood 1935
Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae	"? Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia "? Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia Buckman 1917 originally entered as "?Conarosia sp."