Wadi Musjah HB901, Block F (Triassic of Oman)

Where: Oman (23.2° N, 57.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 54.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anasibirites multiformis ammonoid zone, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, red, silty lime mudstone

• Condensed deposition on seamount, with no terrigenous input
• Halstatt-type limestone

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 127420: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Subvishnuites posterus
Subvishnuites posterus Brühwiler et al. 2012 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Prionitidae indet., "Hemiprionites cf. butleri" = Hemiprionites typus, Anasibirites multiformis
Prionitidae indet. Hyatt 1900 ceratite
"Hemiprionites cf. butleri" = Hemiprionites typus Waagen 1895 ceratite
Anasibirites multiformis Welter 1922 ceratite