Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 34.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marrat Formation (Shaqra Group), Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• The Shaqra Group is composed of Arabian Shelf carbonate and contains terrigenous deposits. The group features 3 hiati: first of the middle and upper Bathonian, 2nd of the lower Callovian and the base of the middle Callovian. Thirdly of the Lower Oxfordian between the Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone and the Hanifa Fm.

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Manivit, Y.-M. Le Nindre, and D. Vaslet. 1990. Le Jurassique D`Arabie Centrale. Document du BRGM 4(194):25-519 [F. Fursich/S. Hicks/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45089: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 05.10.2004

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