Al Ma'abir III-11 (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: Lower Member (Shuqra Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• 15.25 m above base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• lithology described as limestone

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 2565: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925 oyster
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
originally entered as "?Palaeonucula sp."