Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 6.2° S, 45.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dhruma Formation (Shaqra Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 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 45467: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 25.10.2004
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Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Daghanirhynchia subversabilis Weir 1925 | |
"Eudesia cardioides" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides
"Eudesia cardioides" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Douvillé 1916 | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Micromphalites pustuliferus" = Micromphalites pustuliferum, Micromphalites clydocromphalus
"Micromphalites pustuliferus" = Micromphalites pustuliferum Douvillé 1916 ammonite
Micromphalites clydocromphalus Arkell 1952 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Placunopsis fibrosa Laube 1867 scallop | |
Eopecten inequistriatus scallop | |
Gryphaea bilobata Sowerby 1835 oyster | |
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Echinoidea | |
Bothryopneustes sp. n. sp.
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Recrosalenia somaliensis Currie 1935 sea urchin | |
Farquharsonia crenulata sea urchin
Farquharsonia somaliensis sea urchin |