Al Sawad Section (20), BR560 (Jurassic of Oman)

Where: Oman (23.0° N, 57.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 43.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Tawi Sadh Member (Guwayza Formation), Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, green chert and lithified, gray, green shale

• Grey/greenish chert, shale and brown weathering calcarenite

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: I. Blechschmidt, P. Dumitrica, A. Matter, L. Krystyn, and T. Peters. 2004. Stratigraphic architecture of the northern Oman continental margin - Mesozoic Hamrat Duru Group Hawasina complex, Oman. GeoArabia 9(2):81-132 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125206: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 06.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Tripocyclia yaoi
Tripocyclia yaoi radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
? Parahsuum magnum
? Parahsuum magnum radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Ares sp.
Ares sp. De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Elodium pessagnoi, "Triversus cf. spinifer" = Praeparvicingula spinifera
Elodium pessagnoi radiolarian
"Triversus cf. spinifer" = Praeparvicingula spinifera Takemura 1986 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Higumastra sp., Archaeohagiastrum cf. longipes
Higumastra sp. Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
Archaeohagiastrum cf. longipes Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian