Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 34.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dhruma Formation (Shaqra Group), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
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 45241: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 15.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
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Bivalvia | |
Ceratomya cf. excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Pholadomya cf. ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
"Plagiostoma gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum
"Plagiostoma gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Gryphaea bilobata Sowerby 1835 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hyperlioceras sp. ammonite | |
Sonninia sp., Sonninia arabica, Sonninia sp. n. sp., Sonninia sp. n. sp., Sonninia (Euhoploceras) omphalica
Sonninia arabica ammonite
Sonninia (Euhoploceras) omphalica ammonite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Burmirhynchia sp. n. sp.
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