Where: Oman (23.0° N, 57.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° S, 43.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Wahrah Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, red chert
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original silica, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydroflouric, sieve,
Primary reference: W. Kiessling. 1995. Palökologische Verwertbarkeit oberjurassisch-unterkretazischer Radiolarienfaunen mit Beispielen aus Antarktis, Oman und Südalpen. Unpublished Ph.D. University of Erlangen, Germany 1-465 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47172: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
Archaeospongoprunum cortinaensis Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Archaeospongoprunum klingi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian | |
Spongostaurus compactus Kiessling 1995 radiolarian | |
unclassified | |
Protozoa | |
Acaeniotyle umbilicata, Praeconosphaera tuberosa, Praeconosphaera antiqua, Acastea diaphorogona, Acastea minispinea
Acaeniotyle umbilicata Rüst 1898 radiolarian
Praeconosphaera tuberosa Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
Praeconosphaera antiqua Parona 1890 radiolarian
Acastea diaphorogona Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Acastea minispinea Yang 1993 radiolarian | |
Godia "sp. C" Wu 1986 radiolarian | |
? Patellula "sp. E" Kozlova 1972 radiolarian | |
"Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis" = Pyramispongia barmsteinensis
"Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis" = Pyramispongia barmsteinensis Steiger 1992 radiolarian | |
Plegmosphaera "sp. B" radiolarian
Tetrarectangulum poratum Steiger 1992 radiolarian | |
Halesium latifolia Steiger 1992 radiolarian | |
Tritrabs rhododactylus Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian | |
Gorgansium aff. morganense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium fischeri Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Pantanellium riedeli Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Pantanellium nodaculeatum Steiger 1992 radiolarian | |
Spongiomma "sp. A" Haeckel 1887 radiolarian
Spongiomma "sp. F" Haeckel 1887 radiolarian | |
Paronaella aff. mulleri Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Angulobracchia heteroporata Steiger 1992 radiolarian
? Angulobracchia portmanni Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian | |
Praeconocaryomma "sp. B" Pessagno 1976 radiolarian | |
Emiluvia omanensis Kiessling 1995 radiolarian | |
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos Squinabol radiolarian | |
? Thanarla aff. pulchra, Thanarla ex gr. brouweri, Thanarla elegantissima, Thanarla praeveneta, Archaeodictyomitra apiarium, Archaeodictyomitra vulgaris
? Thanarla aff. pulchra Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
Thanarla ex gr. brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
Thanarla elegantissima Cita 1964 radiolarian
Thanarla praeveneta Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Archaeodictyomitra apiarium Rüst 1885 radiolarian
Archaeodictyomitra vulgaris Pessagno 1977 radiolarian | |
? Sethocapsa subcrassitestata Aita 1986 radiolarian
? Sethocapsa fabii Cortese 1993 radiolarian
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973 radiolarian | |
Cryptamphorella macropora, Cryptamphorella dumitricai, Cryptamphorella aff. conara, Tricolocapsa campana
Cryptamphorella macropora Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
Cryptamphorella dumitricai Schaaf 1981 radiolarian
Cryptamphorella aff. conara Foreman 1968 radiolarian
Tricolocapsa campana Kiessling 1995 radiolarian | |
? Stichocapsa aff. crescenda radiolarian
Stichomitra "sp. B" Cayeux 1897 radiolarian
Stichomitra "sp. C" Cayeux 1897 radiolarian
Stichomitra doliolum Aita 1986 radiolarian | |
Xitus cf. spicularius Aliev 1961 radiolarian
Neorelumbra tippitae Kiessling 1995 radiolarian | |
Pseudodictyomitra carpatica Lozyniak 1969 radiolarian | |
? Theocorys pulchella Rüst 1898 radiolarian | |
Neosciadiocapsidae indet. Pessagno 1969 radiolarian | |
? Darvelus aff. puga, Praeparvicingula cosmoconica, Parvicingula dhimenaensis, "Parvicingula ex gr. boesii" = Tethysetta boesii, Mirifusus mediodilatatus, Wrangellium puga, Wrangellium depressum
? Darvelus aff. puga radiolarian
Praeparvicingula cosmoconica Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Parvicingula dhimenaensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
"Parvicingula ex gr. boesii" = Tethysetta boesii Parona 1890 radiolarian
Wrangellium puga Schaaf 1981 radiolarian
Wrangellium depressum Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian | |
Cinguloturris arabica Jud 1994 radiolarian | |
Obesacapsula rusconensis, Obesacapsula cetia, Obesacapsula rotunda, Obesacapsula bullata, Spongocapsula palmerae
Obesacapsula cetia Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Obesacapsula rotunda Hinde 1900 radiolarian
Obesacapsula bullata Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Spongocapsula palmerae Pessagno 1977 radiolarian | |
Syringocapsa aff. polylophia radiolarian | |
Triactoma hidalgoensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Triactoma tithonianum Rüst 1885 radiolarian | |
Actinomma "sp. E" Haeckel 1862 radiolarian |