Wadi Arus II (Jurassic of Yemen)
Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° S, 31.6° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arus Member (Hajar Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• in basal 7 m
Environment/lithology:
• lithology described as microbialite boulders
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 2615: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 12.07.1999, edited by Paul Scofield
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Taxonomic list
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| Cephalopoda | |
Pseudoclambites araense n. sp., Baeticoceras morrisi n. sp., "Virgatosimoceras broilii" = Simoceras broilii
Pseudoclambites araense n. sp. Howarth 1998 ammonite
Baeticoceras morrisi n. sp. Howarth 1998 ammonite originally entered as "Baeticoceras morrisi" PJW: Balticoceras is not correct, either.
"Virgatosimoceras broilii" = Simoceras broilii Schneid 1915 ammonite | |
Riasanites rjasanensis, "cf. Berriasella oxycostata" = Hegaratella oxycostata
Riasanites rjasanensis Lahusen 1883 ammonite
"cf. Berriasella oxycostata" = Hegaratella oxycostata Mazenot 1939 ammonite originally entered as "Berriasella cf. oxycostata"
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"cf. Virgatosphinctes broilii" = Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii
"cf. Virgatosphinctes broilii" = Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii Uhlig 1910 ammonite originally entered as "Virgatosphinctes cf. broilii"
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Himalayites sp., "Micracanthoceras fraudator" = Micracanthoceras microcanthum, "Aulacosphinctes natricoides" = Perisphinctes (Aulacosphinctes) natricoides, "Aulacosphinctes spitiensis" = Perisphinctes (Aulacosphinctes) spitiensis
Himalayites sp. ammonite
"Micracanthoceras fraudator" = Micracanthoceras microcanthum Oppel 1865 ammonite originally entered as "Microcanthoceras fraudator"
"Aulacosphinctes natricoides" = Perisphinctes (Aulacosphinctes) natricoides Uhlig 1910 ammonite
"Aulacosphinctes spitiensis" = Perisphinctes (Aulacosphinctes) spitiensis Uhlig 1910 ammonite | |
"Spiticeras gregoryi" = Bihenduloceras gregoryi
"Spiticeras gregoryi" = Bihenduloceras gregoryi Spath 1925 ammonite | |
| Echinoidea | |
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