PBDB Collection

Jebel Faiyah, Oman Mountains (Cretaceous to of the United Arab Emirates)

Where: United Arab Emirates (25.7° N, 55.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 46.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Simsima Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• original Late Maastrichtian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2000. Late Campanian-Maastrichtian corals from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London (Geology) 56(2):91-131 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12766: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.12.2001, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastrea ramosa, Actinastrea bastidensis, Columactinastraea torallolensis, Columactinastraea pygmaea Actinastrea ramosa Sowerby 1832 stony coral Actinastrea bastidensis Alloiteau 1954 stony coral Columactinastraea torallolensis Reig Oriol 1989 stony coral [entered as Columactinastrea guadelupae] Columactinastraea pygmaea Felix 1903 stony coral [entered as Columactinastrea pygmaea]
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora octophylla Stylophora octophylla Felix 1906 stony coral
Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae	Orbignygyra salisburgensis, Barysmilia irregularis, Barysmilia iberica Orbignygyra salisburgensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Barysmilia irregularis Reuss 1854 stony coral Barysmilia iberica Baron-Szabo 1998 stony coral
Scleractinia - Columastreidae	"Stephanaxophyllia casterasi" = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata, Columastrea dubia "Stephanaxophyllia casterasi" = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata Gregory 1900 stony coral listed as Stephanoaxophyllia casterasi Columastrea dubia Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae	Neocoenia lepida, Astrogyra edwardsi, "Paraplacocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Neocoenia lepida Reuss 1854 stony coral Astrogyra edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral "Paraplacocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Glenarea cretacea, Diploctenium lunatum Glenarea cretacea Pocta 1887 stony coral Diploctenium lunatum Bruguiere 1792 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Goniastrea tenera, Monticulastraea insignis Goniastrea tenera Traub 1938 stony coral Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinacididae	Actinacis remesi, "Actinacis parvistella" = Actinacis martiniana Actinacis remesi Felix 1903 stony coral "Actinacis parvistella" = Actinacis martiniana d’Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora imperatoris Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae	Aspidastraea orientalis Aspidastraea orientalis Kühn 1933 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae	Cunnolites sp. Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Dendrophyllia nodosa Dendrophyllia nodosa Reuss 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agatheliidae	Agathelia asperella Agathelia asperella Reuss 1854 stony coral
Helioporacea -	Polytremacis blainvillei, "Polytremacis edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata Polytremacis blainvillei Michelin 1841 "Polytremacis edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata Orbigny 1850