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, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; mudstone 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 151655: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Actinastrea ramosa Sowerby 1832 stony coral | |
Aspidastraea sp. Kühn 1933 stony coral | |
Astrogyra sp. Felix 1900 stony coral
Astrogyra edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Diploctenium sp. Goldfuss 1827 stony coral | |
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonites indet. Bruguière 1789 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Umboniinae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 top snail | |
Strombacea sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail | |
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail | |
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail | |
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry | |
Actaeonella borneensis Sohl and Kollmann 1985 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Dictyoptychus sp. Douvillé 1905 rudist | |
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle | |
Echinoidea | |
Noetlingaster sp. sea urchin | |
Coenholectypus inflatus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin | |
Hemipneustes persicus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin
Hemipneustes compressus Noetling 1897 sea urchin | |
Pygurostoma sp. Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin | |
Stigmatopygus sp. sea urchin | |
Zuffardia sp. Checchia-Rispoli 1917 sand dollar
Faujasia sp. sand dollar
Petalobrissus rawdahensis Smith 1995 sand dollar
Petalobrissus cf. linguiformis Peron and Gauthier 1881 sand dollar | |
Vologesia sp. sea urchin | |
Arnaudaster sp. sea urchin | |
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin |