Shaqra Group (Hanifa Fm.) (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (25.6° N, 45.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 33.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulayyah Mb.6 Member (Hanifa Formation), Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

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

• The Hanifa Formation consisting of a lower carbonate and clayey part with more confined environment and a more calcareous and locally reefal upper part shows a further transgressive trend.

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 46303: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 10.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras sp.
Paracenoceras sp. Spath 1927 nautiloid
=n.sp.E.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Thamnoseris etalloni
Thamnoseris etalloni Koby 1904 stony coral