Firq Section (17), BR489 (Jurassic to of Oman)

Where: Oman (22.9° N, 57.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 42.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Sid'r Formation), Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone and lithified chert

• Calcarenite and calcirudite (partially strongl silicified) and chert

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 125280: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 07.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Parvicingula dhimenaensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs casmaliaensis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae