PBDB Collection

Jebel Billum III-3 (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)

• loose, mixed Lower/Middle Shuqra (fossils collected as float?)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 2589: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae	Acrosalenia somaliensis Acrosalenia somaliensis sea urchin
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae	"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) "Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
Heterostropha - Nerinellidae	Nerinella sp. Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
Bivalvia
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	? Pholadomya ovalis, "Bucardiomya aubreyi" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), Bucardiomya somaliensis ? Pholadomya ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam originally entered as "Pholadomya? ovalis" "Bucardiomya aubreyi" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) clam Bucardiomya somaliensis Cox 1935 clam
Pholadida - Ceratomyidae	cf. Ceratomya pittieri, cf. Ceratomya wimmisensis cf. Ceratomya pittieri de Loriol 1883 clam originally entered as "Ceratoma cf. pittieri" cf. Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam originally entered as "Ceratoma cf. wimmisensis"
Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae	Ceratomyopsis somaliensis, ? Tellurimya sp. n. sp. Ceratomyopsis somaliensis Weir 1929 clam ? Tellurimya sp. n. sp. Cox 1964 clam "?sp. nov." - originally entered as "?Tellurimya ?sp. nov."
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Procyprina hunti Procyprina hunti clam
Cardiida - Corbiculidae	? Eocallista krenkeli ? Eocallista krenkeli Cox 1935 clam originally entered as "?Eocallista krenkeli"
Carditida - Astartidae	? Neocrassina sp. ? Neocrassina sp. Fischer 1887 clam originally entered as "?Neocrassina sp."
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Brachidontes somalicus, cf. Modiolus bipartitus Brachidontes somalicus mussel cf. Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel originally entered as "Modiolus cf. bipartitus"
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	cf. Eopecten aubreyi, cf. Spondylopecten subpunctatus cf. Eopecten aubreyi scallop originally entered as "Eopecten cf. aubreyi" cf. Spondylopecten subpunctatus scallop originally entered as "Spondylopecten cf. subpunctatus"
Pectinida - Limidae	Plagiostoma ? harronis Plagiostoma ? harronis Dacque 1905 file clam originally entered as "Plagiostoma ?harronis"
Ostreida - Palaeolophidae	Actinostreon solitaria Actinostreon solitaria oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	? Gryphaea balli ? Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925 oyster originally entered as "?Gryphaea balli"
Ostreida - Eligmidae	Eligmus sp. Eligmus sp. Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856 oyster
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Grammatodon sp. Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae	"Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia, Daghanirhynchia sp., Daghanirhynchia sulcata "Conarosia sp." = Burmirhynchia Buckman 1917 Daghanirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935 Daghanirhynchia sulcata Cooper 1989
Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae	Dorsoplicathyris sp. Dorsoplicathyris sp. Alméras 1970
Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae	Bihenithyris bihenensis, Bihenithyris mediocostata, ? Stiphrothyris sp. Bihenithyris bihenensis Bihenithyris mediocostata Cooper 1989 ? Stiphrothyris sp. Buckman 1917 originally entered as "?Stiphrothyris sp."