Wadi Musjah HB908, Block D (Triassic of Oman)

Where: Oman (23.2° N, 57.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 54.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Owenites koeneni ammonoid zone, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, red, silty lime mudstone

• Condensed deposition on seamount, with no terrigenous input
• Halstatt-type limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: PIMUZ (Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zurich)

Primary reference: A. Brayard, T. Brühwiler, H. Bucher and J. Jenks. 2009. Guodunites, a low-palaeolatitude and trans-Panthalassic Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid genus. Palaeontology 52(2):471-481 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102601: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ussuriidae
Parussuria compressa
Parussuria compressa Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Aspenites acutus
Aspenites acutus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Inyoitidae
Inyoites oweni
Inyoites oweni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Guodunites monneti
Guodunites monneti Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite