Jebel Rawdah, W Oman Mountains, Simsima Formation, unit 3 (Cretaceous to of Oman)

Also known as Reef 2931

Where: Oman (24.9° N, 56.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 46.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Simsima Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• basal and middle part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• small coral patch reefs (narrow extension, 1-2 m thick), associated with some restricted mollusc banks

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2000. Late Campanian-Maastrichtian corals from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London (Geology) 56(2):91-131 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206411: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.11.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Stephanaxophyllia casterasi" = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata
"Stephanaxophyllia casterasi" = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Monticulastraea insignis
Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Neocoenia lepida
Neocoenia lepida Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Aspidastraea orientalis
Aspidastraea orientalis Kühn 1933 stony coral