Where: Saudi Arabia (24.8° N, 46.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 33.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tuwaiq Mt.Lst. Formation (Shaqra Group), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 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 47890: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 06.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coccolithophyceae | |
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"Watznaueria manivitae" = Watznaueria, "Ellipsagelosphaera communis" = Watznaueria, "Ellipsagelosphaera britannica" = Watznaueria, Cyclagelosphaera margereli
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Foraminifera | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Erymnoceras cf. ajax d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
Kurnubiella ex gr. hatirae ammonite | |
Clydoniceras aff. sp. ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Discohelix douvillei snail | |
Globularia cf. formosa, "Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
Globularia cf. formosa Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis Muir-Wood 1935
Kutchirhynchia indica d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Bihenithyris barringtoni Muir-Wood 1935 | |
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Echinoidea | |
Leioechinus amplus sea urchin |