Safarrat and Huraymilah (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as Reef 3210

Where: Saudi Arabia (25.3° N, 46.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 34.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ulayyah Member (Hanifa Formation), Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Small coral patches 0,5 m thick, 20-30 m wide.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G.M.A. El-Asa'ad. 1991. Oxfordian hermatypic corals from central Saudi Arabia. GĂ©obios 24(3):267-287 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28058: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 22.01.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals described
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
? Columnocoenia sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Columnocoenia safarratensis n. sp. El-Asa'ad 1991 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae
Kobyastraea lomontiana Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Ironella arabica n. sp." = Starostinia arabica
"Ironella arabica n. sp." = Starostinia arabica El-Asa'ad 1991 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia soemmeringii Muenster 1829 stony coral
Microphyllia brevivallis Becker 1875 stony coral
Ovalastrea proeminens Koby 1884 stony coral