Saiwan 1 OL14 (Permian of Oman)

Where: Oman (20.9° N, 57.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° S, 53.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saiwan Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• Sandy calcarenite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Angiolini, H. Bucher, A. Pillevuit, J.-P. Platel, J. Roger, J. Broutin, A. Baud, J. Marcoux, and H. Al Hashmi. 1997. Early Permian (Sakmarian) brachiopods from southeastern Oman. Geobios 30(3):379-405 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101078: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Pachycyrtella omanensis n. sp.1 Angiolini 2001
38 articulated, 19 ventral, 45 dorsal
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Trigonotreta sp.2 Koenig 1825
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia haroubi2 Angiolini 1997
Crinoidea
 Inadunata -
Cladida indet.3 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Cercidocrinidae
Coeliocrinus arenaceous n. sp.3 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Texacrinidae
? Texacrinus sp.3 Moore and Plummer 1940 Sea lily