Also known as Reef 1958
Where: Saudi Arabia (25.4° N, 46.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 38.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Khanasir Member (Aruma Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: P. W. Skelton and G. M. A. El-Asa'ad. 1992. A new canaliculate rudist bivalve from the Aruma Formation of central Saudi Arabia. Geologica Romana 28:105-117 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34711: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.09.2003, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Bivalvia | |
Durania cornupastoris Des Moulins 1826 rudist
Biradiolites sp. d'Orbigny 1850 rudist | |
Eodictyoptychus arumaenis rudist |