Ma'ashbah (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Also known as Reef 550

Where: Saudi Arabia (25.1° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 33.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulayyah Member (Hanifa Formation), 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 28063: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 22.01.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals described
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea proeminens
Ovalastrea proeminens Koby 1884 stony coral