Qalhat 3 80 (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 215826: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 24.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Thyroporella sp.
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Kolchidina paleocenica
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Valvulina sp.
Valvulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp.
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda nana
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dissocladella gracilis, Cymopolia sp., Neomeris sp.
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Trinocladus sp.
Trinocladus sp. Raineri 1922