Where: Saudi Arabia (21.9° N, 45.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 32.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hisyan Mb. Member (Dhruma Formation), 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 48538: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 22.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pterocardia pesbovi clam | |
Protocardia ex gr. hillanum cockle | |
Pleuromya cf. alduini Brongniart 1821 clam | |
Homomya cf. gibbosa, "Pholadomya somaliensis" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) somaliensis, Pholadomya lirata
Homomya cf. gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam
"Pholadomya somaliensis" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) somaliensis Cox 1935 clam
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Mactromya cf. crassa Agassiz 1845 clam | |
Trigonia ex gr. pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Chlamys nattheimensis scallop
Chlamys cf. curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop | |
Oxytoma cf. inaequivalis scallop | |
Eligmus aff. weiri Cox 1935 oyster | |
Liostrea cf. hisingeri, Gryphaea costellata, Gryphaea balli, "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Liostrea cf. hisingeri oyster
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925 oyster
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
"Lopha cf. marshii" = Actinostreon marshi, "Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha cf. marshii" = Actinostreon marshi Sowerby 1814 oyster
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam
Parallelodon rugosus Buckman 1845 clam | |
Arcomytilus somaliensis, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Arcomytilus somaliensis mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Eudesia cardioides" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides
"Eudesia cardioides" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Douvillé 1916 | |
"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929 |