Jebel Rawdah, Facies 3, bed 11, Petalobrissus assemblage (Cretaceous of Oman)

Where: Oman (24.9° N, 56.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 46.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Simsima Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; cherty/siliceous sandstone

• Nearshore, immediately subtidal sands
• bioclastic sands

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. B. Smith, N. J. Morris, A. S. Gale and B. R. Rosen. 1995. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) echinoid-mollusc-coral assemblages and palaeoenvironments from a Tethyan carbonate platform succession, northern Oman Mountains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:155-168 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151618: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Aspidastraea sp.
Aspidastraea sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites sp.
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Granocardium sp., Fragum sp.
? Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
Fragum sp. Ršding 1798 cockle
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) Dietrich 1933 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp.
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea sp.
Agerostrea sp. Vialov 1936 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte uncinella, Amphidonte sp.
Amphidonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp.
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Acteonella borneensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanile sp.
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp.
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Mesogastropoda -
Strombacea sp.
Strombacea sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Umboniinae indet.
Umboniinae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 top snail
Echinoidea
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
? Phymechinus sp., Echinotiara sp.
? Phymechinus sp. Desor 1858 sea urchin
Echinotiara sp. Pomel 1883 sea urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Noetlingaster sp.
 Euechinoidea - Glyphopneustidae
Glyphopneustes sp.
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia sp.
Salenia sp. Gray 1835 sea urchin
 Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis sp.
Orthopsis sp. Cotteau 1864 sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus cf. baluchistanensis
Coenholectypus cf. baluchistanensis Noetling 1897 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Faujasia sp., Petalobrissus rawdahensis, Zuffardia sp.
Faujasia sp. sand dollar
Petalobrissus rawdahensis Smith 1995 sand dollar
Zuffardia sp. Checchia-Rispoli 1917 sand dollar
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Hemipneustes arabicus
Hemipneustes arabicus Ali 1989 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator sp.
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin