RMA58, Ras Momi section, Socotra (Triassic of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (12.5° N, 54.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 52.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Conodonts are also abundant, with Paragondolella excelsa, P. liebermani, P. fueloepi, Neogondolella pseudobifurcata, N. excentrica, and N. balcanica, which show the Illyrian age

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Thin bedded limestone and marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Paleontologia dell’Università di Milano (MPUM)

Primary reference: M. Gaetani, M. Balini, A. Nicora, M. Giorgioni, and G. Pavia. 2018. The Himalayan connection of the Middle Triassic brachiopod fauna from Socotra (Yemen). Bulletin of Geosciences 93:247-268 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194526: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Paragondolella excelsa, Neogondolella longa, Neogondolella excentrica, Neogondolella cornuta
Paragondolella excelsa Mosher 1968 conodont
Neogondolella longa Budurov and Stefanov 1973 conodont
Neogondolella excentrica Budurov and Stefanov 1972 conodont
Neogondolella cornuta Budurov and Stefanov 1972 conodont
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Spirigerellina stoliczkai