Where: Oman (24.9° N, 55.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.4° N, 53.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Simsima Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)

• Ammonite is not age-diagnostic but specimen of Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites) vishu almost certainly from bed 4 at section 1 indicates an Upper Maastrichtian fresvillensis zone (possibly younger) age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, nodular, shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1995. Maastrichtian ammonites from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 51:241-250 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175462: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2015

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