Where: Saudi Arabia (24.0° N, 46.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 33.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Dhruma Formation (Shaqra Group), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 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 48015: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 10.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Shirbuirnia cf. fastigata ammonite
Sonninia sp. Douvillé 1879 ammonite
Sonninia (Euhoploceras) sp. ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Milleporidium sp. Steinmann 1903 stromatoporoid sponge |