South of Sur, Oman (Permian to of Oman)

Also known as Reef 3192

Where: Oman (22.5° N, 59.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 55.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wordian to Wordian (266.9 - 259.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Reworked reefal block composed of sponge-coral crust framestones and bioclastic float-/rudstones.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with silica

Primary reference: R. M. Shackleton, A. C. Ries, P. R. Bird, P. R. Filbrandt, J. B. Lee and G. C. Cunningham. 1990. The Batin Melange of NE Oman. The Geology and Tectonics of the Oman Regian. Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. 49:673-696 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24328: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals described
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unclassified
  -
"Microbes" indet.
Shamovella
  -
Shamovella sp.
Shamovella sp. Rauser-Chernousova 1951
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae
"Polythecalis denticulatus" = Szechuanophyllum denticulatum
"Polythecalis denticulatus" = Szechuanophyllum denticulatum Huang 1932 horn coral
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Wentzelella osubadiensis, "Wentzelella cf. regularis" = Wentzelella (Wentzelella) osobudaniensis, Lonsdaleiastraea sp., Wentzelloides lunutus, Wentzelellites senni, Wentzelellites sicula, "Pavastehphyllum cf. undaformis" = Pseudocarniaphyllum undaformis
"Wentzelella cf. regularis" = Wentzelella (Wentzelella) osobudaniensis Igo 1959 horn coral
Lonsdaleiastraea sp. Gerth 1922 horn coral
Wentzelellites senni Minato and Kato 1965 horn coral
Wentzelellites sicula Montanaro Gallitelli 1954 horn coral
"Pavastehphyllum cf. undaformis" = Pseudocarniaphyllum undaformis Flügel 1972 horn coral
 Stauriida - Timorphyllidae
Timorphyllum sp.
Timorphyllum sp. Gerth 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
 Pharetronida -
Inozoa indet.
Inozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet.
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
End reef builders
 Sphinctozoa -
Sphinctozoa indet.
Sphinctozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp.