Where: Oman (22.6° N, 57.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 53.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nammalites pilatoides ammonoid zone, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Exotic blocks in Middle Jurassic Guwayza Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, red lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: PIMUZ (Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zurich)
Primary reference: T. Brühwiler, H. Bucher, N. Goudemand and T. Galfetti. 2012. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from exotic blocks from Oman: taxonomy and biochronology. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 296:3-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127397: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Galfettites omani n. sp., Safraites simplex
Safraites simplex Brühwiler and Bucher 2012 ammonite | |
Anaflemingites hochulii Brayard and Bucher 2008 ceratite | |
Aspenites acutus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
Nammalites pilatoides Guex 1978 ceratite | |
Juvenites spathi Frebold 1930 ceratite | |
Owenites sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
Parussuria compressa Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite |