Where: Oman (21.0° N, 57.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 52.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Khuff Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. M. Dickins. 1999. Mid-Permian (Kubergandian-Murgabian) bivalves from the Khuff Formation, Oman: implications for world events and correlation. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 105:23-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 107351: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cyrtorostra omanensis n. sp.
Cyrtorostra omanensis n. sp. Dickins 1999 scallop | |
Vnigripecten subphosphaticus Dickins 1999 scallop | |
Liebea sp. Waagen 1881 clam | |
Dyasmya morrisi n. sp.
Dyasmya morrisi n. sp. Dickins 1999 clam | |
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam |