Qalhat 3 70 (Paleocene of Oman)
Where: Ash Sharqiyah, Oman (22.7° N, 59.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 49.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: SBZ2, Planktic biozone P0-2 zone, Jafnayn Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; wackestone and floatstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: M. Schluter, T. Steuber, M. Parente and J. Mutterlose. 2008. Evolution of a Maastrichtian-Paleocene tropical shallow-water carbonate platform (Qalhat, NE Oman). Facies 54:513-527 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215825: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 24.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Valvulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Thyrsoporella sp. Guembel 1871 | |
Trinocladus sp. Raineri 1922 |