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
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 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliolida indet. Lankester 1885 | |
Peneroplidae indet. Renss 1860 | |
Foraminifera | |
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986 |