PBDB Collection

Jabal al Abakhayn (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia (Jurassic to of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as Reef 550

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.9° N, 46.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 34.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulayyah Member (Hanifa Formation), Middle Oxfordian to Middle 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. Géobios 24(3):267-287 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28061: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 22.01.2003, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals described

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Cryptocoenia wegeneri" = Adelocoenia wegeneri, "Cryptocoenia slovenica" = Adelocoenia parvistella, Stylina kachensis "Cryptocoenia wegeneri" = Adelocoenia wegeneri Pandey and Fuersich 1993 stony coral "Cryptocoenia slovenica" = Adelocoenia parvistella Alloiteau 1961 stony coral Stylina kachensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Coenastraea hyatti, Coenastraea abakkaynata n. sp. Coenastraea hyatti Wells 1942 stony coral Coenastraea abakkaynata n. sp. El-Asa'ad 1991 stony coral
Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae	"Ironella arabica" = Starostinia arabica "Ironella arabica" = Starostinia arabica El-Asa'ad 1991 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Isastrea bernensis, Isastrea hemisphaerica, Montlivaltia frustriformis, Montlivaltia cornutiformis Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral Isastrea hemisphaerica Gregory 1900 stony coral Montlivaltia frustriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral Montlivaltia cornutiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae	Solenocoenia sexradiata Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae	Kobyastraea lomontiana Kobyastraea lomontiana Etallon 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae	Vallimeandropsis davidsoni Vallimeandropsis davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Ovalastrea michelini, Microphyllia soemmeringii Ovalastrea michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral Microphyllia soemmeringii Muenster 1829 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae	Columnocoenia safarratensis Columnocoenia safarratensis El-Asa'ad 1991 stony coral