Shaqra Group (Jubaila Lst.) (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (22.7° N, 46.9° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 33.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Unite Ju 1 Member (Jubaila Formation), Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

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

• The Jubaila Lst. of early Kimmeridgian age, consists of limestone incorporating sandy facies to the south and northwest margins on the shelf, characterized commonly by reworking associated with violent terrigenous influx.

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 45648: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 21.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras aff. moreausum
Paracenoceras aff. moreausum d'Orbigny 1843 nautiloid
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes aff. jubailensis
Perisphinctes aff. jubailensis Arkell 1952 ammonite