Jebel Billum III-1 (Jurassic of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 31.2° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• lower part

• group of beds-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 2587: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ? ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam
originally entered as "Pholadomya ?ovalis"
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail