Where: Wasi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.5° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° S, 31.7° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arus Member (Hajar Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• Jebel Billum I section
•26.5 m above base
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marl
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 2582: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Aspidoceras sp. Zittel ammonite | |
Substeueroceras koeneni Steuer 1897 ammonite
Berriasella sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Berriasella oppeli Kilian 1889 ammonite | |
"cf. Malbosiceras aizyensis" = Lopeziceras chaperi
"cf. Malbosiceras aizyensis" = Lopeziceras chaperi Pictet 1868 ammonite originally entered as "Malbosiceras cf. aizyensis"
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"cf. Virgatosphinctes broilii" = Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii
"cf. Virgatosphinctes broilii" = Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii Uhlig 1910 ammonite originally entered as "Virgatosphinctes cf. broilii"
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"Choicensisphinctes limitis" = Craspedites limitis
"Choicensisphinctes limitis" = Craspedites limitis Burckhardt 1930 ammonite | |
Uhligites sp. Kilian 1913 ammonite | |
Spiticeras sp. ammonite | |
Laevaptychus sp. Trauth 1927 ammonoid aptychus |