RMA89, Ras Momi section, Socotra (Triassic of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (12.5° N, 54.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 51.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• The presence of Budurovignathus sp. suggests an Early Ladinian 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 194538: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Nudirostralina mutabilis
Nudirostralina mutabilis Stoliczka 1866
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasmatidae indet.
Dielasmatidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Spirigerellina stoliczkai