Al Khod (Eocene of Oman)

Also known as Al Khawd

Where: Oman (23.6° N, 58.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 49.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Seeb Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; packstone

• poorly sorted foram-red algal packstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: S. J. Beavington-Penny, V. P. Wright, and W. J. Welkerling. 2004. Recognising macrophyte-vegetated environments in the rock record: a new criterion using ‘hooked’ forms of crustose coralline red algae. Sedimentary Geology 166:1-9 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32883: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.07.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida -
Miliolida indet. Lankester 1885
 Miliolida - Soritidae
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986