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: perireef or subreef; cherty/siliceous sandstone and sandstone

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 151654: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.10.2013

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