Jebel Billum III-5 (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: Lower Member (Shuqra Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• loose (fossils collected as float?)

Environment/lithology:

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 2591: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bothriopygus somaliensis, Corals indet.
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Shuqraia sp.
Shuqraia sp. Hudson 1954 demosponge
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
? Nerinella sp.
? Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
originally entered as "?Nerinella sp."
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
? Mactromya sp.
? Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
originally entered as "?Mactromya sp."
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp.
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
? Colpomya sp.
? Colpomya sp. Ulrich 1893 clam
originally entered as "?Colpomya sp."
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Tendagurium sp.
? Tendagurium sp. Dietrich 1933 cockle
originally entered as "?tendagurium sp."
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
cf. Ceratomya pittieri
cf. Ceratomya pittieri de Loriol 1883 clam
originally entered as "Ceratoma cf. pittieri"
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"cf. Bucardiomya lyrata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), cf. Homomya gibbosa
"cf. Bucardiomya lyrata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) clam
originally entered as "Bucardiomya cf. lyrata"
cf. Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam
originally entered as "Homomya cf. gibbosa"
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitaria
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma ? harronis
Plagiostoma ? harronis Dacque 1905 file clam
originally entered as "Plagiostoma ?harronis"
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
cf. Bihenithyris bihenensis, ? Stiphrothyris sp.
cf. Bihenithyris bihenensis
originally entered as "Bihenithyris cf. bihenensis"
? Stiphrothyris sp. Buckman 1917
originally entered as "?Stiphrothyris sp."
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia sulcata, "Conarosia rotundata" = Burmirhynchia moulani
"Conarosia rotundata" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987