Qabil Section (2), BR383 (Jurassic to of Oman)

Where: Oman (23.3° N, 56.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 42.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Oolithic limestone Member (Guwayza Formation), Late/Upper Bajocian to Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 164.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Grey, ooid-dominated calcarenite and calcilutite (partially silicified)

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 125298: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 07.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichocapsa robusta
Stichocapsa robusta Matsuoka 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum officerense
Parahsuum officerense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
Eucyrtidiellum unumaense
Eucyrtidiellum unumaense Yao 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia lombardensis