Where: Saudi Arabia (24.8° N, 46.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 34.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dhruma Formation (Shaqra Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, brown, argillaceous 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 48478: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 21.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ophionautilus aff. catonis Gemmellaro 1886 |