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: 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 151656: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Umboniinae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 top snail | |
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Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail | |
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Strombacea sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
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Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail | |
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Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
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Pycnodonte uncinella oyster | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Arnaudaster sp. sea urchin | |
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Petalobrissus cf. linguiformis Peron and Gauthier 1881 sand dollar
Petalobrissus rawdahensis Smith 1995 sand dollar
Zuffardia sp. Checchia-Rispoli 1917 sand dollar
Faujasia sp. sand dollar | |
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Stigmatopygus sp. sea urchin | |
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Pygurostoma sp. Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin | |
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Globator sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin | |
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Hemipneustes compressus Noetling 1897 sea urchin | |
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Coenholectypus inflatus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin | |
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Noetlingaster sp. sea urchin | |