Where: Oman (24.3° N, 55.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 46.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Qahlah Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• above level of 1st ammonite Loftusia beds and coral clast horizon
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, silty limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2000. Late Campanian-Maastrichtian corals from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London (Geology) 56(2):91-131 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 206408: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylophora octophylla Felix 1906 stony coral | |
Pseudofavia grandiflora Reuss 1854 stony coral
Astraraea multiradiata Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral | |
"Diegosmilia complanata" = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Diegosmilia complanata" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Fungiastraea crespoi Felix 1891 stony coral | |
Placosmilia sinuosa Reuss 1854 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Aulosmilia aspera Sowerby 1832 stony coral | |
Astrogyra edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral |