Al Ma'abir III-8 (Jurassic of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 31.3° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Member (Shuqra Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• Al Ma'abir III section

•2-5 m below top

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• lithology described as limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2562: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Shuqraia sp.
Shuqraia sp. Hudson 1954 demosponge
Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
? Millericrinus sp.
? Millericrinus sp. d'Orbigny 1840 Sea lily
originally entered as "?Millericrinus sp."
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
"Rhabdoconcha sp." = Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha)
"Rhabdoconcha sp." = Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp.
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
cf. Ceratomya wimmisensis
cf. Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
originally entered as "Ceratomya cf. wimmisensis"
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis somaliensis
Ceratomyopsis somaliensis Weir 1929 clam
originally entered as "Certomyopsis somaliensis"
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Procyprina hunti
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
cf. Modiolus bipartitus, Brachidontes somalicus
cf. Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
originally entered as "Modiolus cf. bipartitus"
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea balli
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925 oyster
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus humei
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitaria
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
cf. Eopecten aubreyi
cf. Eopecten aubreyi scallop
originally entered as "Eopecten cf. aubreyi"
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae
"cf. Erymnoceras jarryi" = Pachyerymnoceras jarryi
"cf. Erymnoceras jarryi" = Pachyerymnoceras jarryi Douvillé 1912 ammonite
originally entered as "Erymnoceras cf. jarryi"
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
"Dissoria obscura" = Magharithyris triplicata
"Dissoria obscura" = Magharithyris triplicata Farag and Gatinaud 1960
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Loboidothyris aethiopoca
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia sp., "Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia
"Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia Buckman 1917