Saiwan, Pachycyrtella Bed I4-3 (Permian of Oman)

Where: Oman (20.9° N, 57.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° S, 53.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 15-20 cm within bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• Shallow depths around the fair weather wave base

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Angiolini. 2007. Quantitative palaeoecology in the Pachycyrtella bed, Early Permian of interior Oman. Palaeoworld 16:233-245 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111037: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Pachycyrtella omanensis
Pachycyrtella omanensis Angiolini 2001
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily