Also known as East of the Great Nafud
Where: Saudi Arabia (28.8° N, 43.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 36.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lina Member (Aruma Formation), Late/Upper Paleocene to Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 48.6 Ma)
• beds from the "upper 5 m" of the member, but not in the "topmost dolomite bed"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; dolomitic shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: H. Thomas, J. Roger, M. Halawani, A. Memesh, P. Lebret, C. Bourdillon, E. Buffeteaut, H. Cappetta, C. Cavelier, D. Dutheil, H. Tong and D. Vaslet. 1999. Late Paleocene to Early Eocene marine vertebrates from the Uppermost Aruma Formation (northern Saudi Arabia): implications for the K-T transition. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 329(12):905-912 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37182: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.03.2004, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatoidea indet. Whitley 1940 stingray | |
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Rhinobatoidei indet. Fowler 1941 guitarfish | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
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Orectolobus sp. wobbegong | |
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
Plicatoscyllium sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
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Actinopteri | |
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835 | |
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Reptilia | |
Arabemys crassiscutata n. gen. n. sp.
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