Where: Saudi Arabia (28.0° N, 43.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 36.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aruma Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. Vaslet in 1988
• Repository: Centre des Sciences de la Terre, University of Burgundy, Dijon
Primary reference: D. Néraudeau, B. David, and M. S. Al-Muallem. 1995. The Cretaceous echinoids from central Saudi Arabia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 197:399-424 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195502: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Orthopsis miliaris d'Archiac 1835 sea urchin | |
Coptodiscus aff. noemiae Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin |