Kamaran Island, Reef limestone (locality I) (Pleistocene to of Yemen)
Where: Yemen (15.4° N, 42.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 42.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kamaran Member (Abbas Formation), Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• reef limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55376: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 13.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata Forsskal 1775 clam | |
Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, "Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca BruguiƩre 1792 clam
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) farsanensis" = Aequipecten, Chlamys (Decadopecten) plica, Chlamys (Aequipecten) sanguinolenta, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) farsanensis" = Aequipecten scallop
Chlamys (Decadopecten) plica scallop
Chlamys (Aequipecten) sanguinolenta Gmelin 1791 scallop
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
Plicatula menkeana Finlay 1927 scallop | |
Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Antigona lamellaris venus clam
Clausinella foliacea venus clam | |
"Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis
"Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870 clam
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cardita canaliculata clam | |
"Crassatellites radiatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites radiatus" = Crassatella clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium aratorum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Nassarius arcularia Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nassarius (Niotha) albescens Dunker 1846 snail | |
Turris garnonsii turrid | |
"Vexillum (Uromitra) macfadyeni" = Uromitra, Vexillum (Pusia) glandiforme
"Vexillum (Uromitra) macfadyeni" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Pusia) glandiforme ribbed mitre | |
"Strombus (Canarium) plicatus" = Canarium, Strombus (Labiostrombus) fusiformis
"Strombus (Canarium) plicatus" = Canarium true conch | |
Ficus reticulatus fig shell | |
Gibbula (Forskalena) declivis top snail |