Jal al Watah, Jalwa-1b, Buraydah Quadrangle (Permian of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (26.5° N, 44.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° S, 40.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khartam Member (Khuff Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin-Soleau, D. Vaslet, and Y. M. Le Nindre. 2005. Ostracods as markers of the Permian/Triassic boundary in the Khuff Formation of Saudi Arabia. Palaeontology 48(4):853-868 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106553: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina cf. rotunda Cooper 1946 ostracod
sensu Shi and Chen
Sulcella suprapermiana Kozur 1985 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherissinellidae
Arqoviella arabica n. sp. Crasquin-Soleau 2005 ostracod