Where: Saudi Arabia (23.2° N, 46.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° S, 33.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: 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 48082: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 13.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Cephalopoda | |
Stephanoceras sp., "Normannites cf. braikenridges" = Normannites, "Itinsaites (Itinsaites) sp." = Normannites
"Normannites cf. braikenridges" = Normannites ammonite | |
Dorsetensia cf. complanata ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail | |
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pseudolimea harronis file clam | |
Eligmus polytypus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1856 oyster | |
Trigonia ex gr. pullus Sowerby 1826 clam |