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 45266: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 17.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Eutrephoceras aff. waageni Gemmellaro 1886 nautiloid | |
Dorsetensia cf. tecta ammonite
Dorsetensia sp. ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail
Globularia hemisphaerica Roemer 1836 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Eopecten inequistriatus scallop | |
Trichites saussurei oyster | |
Eligmus cf. analites oyster
Eligmus polytypus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1856 oyster | |
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Pholadomya cf. aubryi Douville 1886 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Burmirhynchia sp. n. sp.
| |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella cf. index ostracod | |
Amicytheridea dhrumaensis n. sp.
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Echinoidea | |
Acrosalenia dhrumaensis sea urchin |