Jebel Rawdah, upper beds - Facies 4, bed 15-18, Hemipnesustes assemblage (Cretaceous to of Oman)

Where: Oman (24.9° N, 56.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 46.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• original: Maastrichtian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; mudstone and sandstone

• 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 151653: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Loftusiidae
Loftusia sp.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet.
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet.
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanile sp.
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail
 Mesogastropoda -
Strombacea sp.
Strombacea sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp.
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Umboniinae indet.
Umboniinae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 top snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp.
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte uncinella
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum sp., ? Granocardium sp.
Fragum sp. Ršding 1798 cockle
? Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
 Hippuritida - Trechmannellidae
Dictyoptychus sp.
Dictyoptychus sp. Douvillé 1905 rudist
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) Dietrich 1933 clam
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Faujasia sp., Petalobrissus rawdahensis
Faujasia sp. sand dollar
Petalobrissus rawdahensis Smith 1995 sand dollar
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Hemipneustes persicus, Hemipneustes compressus
Hemipneustes persicus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin
Hemipneustes compressus Noetling 1897 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator sp.
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Noetlingaster sp., Hattopsis sp.
Hattopsis sp. Ali 1992 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Astrogyra sp., Astrogyra edwardsi
Astrogyra sp. Felix 1900 stony coral
Astrogyra edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Diploctenium lunatum
Diploctenium lunatum Bruguiere 1792 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites sp.
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Aspidastraea sp., Aspidastraea orientalis
Aspidastraea sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral
Aspidastraea orientalis Kühn 1933 stony coral