Where: Saudi Arabia (25.1° N, 45.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 33.7° 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 48586: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 24.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862 | |
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938 | |
Bivalvia | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Plagiostoma cf. laeviusculum, "Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida, Plagiostoma cf. subcardiiformis
Plagiostoma cf. laeviusculum file clam
"Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815 file clam
Plagiostoma cf. subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam | |
"Entolium cf. corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium cf. corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop | |
Chlamys nattheimensis, Chlamys cf. curvivarians, "Chlamys cf. textorius" = Chlamys textoria, Chlamys splendens, Camptonectes laminatus, Eopecten inequistriatus
Chlamys nattheimensis scallop
Chlamys cf. curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop
"Chlamys cf. textorius" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys splendens Dollfus 1863 scallop
Camptonectes laminatus Sowerby 1818 scallop
Eopecten inequistriatus scallop | |
Trichites saussurei oyster | |
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha cf. marshii" = Actinostreon marshi
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha cf. marshii" = Actinostreon marshi Sowerby 1814 oyster | |
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Nanogyra cf. striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula, Liostrea cf. hisingeri, Gryphaea bilobata, Gryphaea costellata
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Nanogyra cf. striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster
Liostrea cf. hisingeri oyster
Gryphaea bilobata Sowerby 1835 oyster
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Eligmus cf. analites oyster | |
Inoperna cf. sowerbyana, Arcomytilus somaliensis, Falcimytilus aff. suprajurensis, Modiolus bipartitus, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Inoperna cf. sowerbyana mussel
Arcomytilus somaliensis mussel
Falcimytilus aff. suprajurensis Cox 1925 mussel
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Fimbria cf. lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Pholadomya lirata, Pholadomya cf. ovalis, "Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei, Homomya cf. gibbosa
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
Pholadomya cf. ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
Homomya cf. gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Gresslya ex gr. gregaria von Zieten 1833 clam
Ceratomya cf. concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Pseudisocardia cf. macfadyeni Cox 1935 clam | |
Ceratomyopsis cf. arabica Cox 1935 clam | |
Protocardia cf. subhillanum cockle
Protocardia ex gr. hillanum cockle | |
Neocrassina ovata clam
"Astarte scytalis" = Seebachia (Eoseebachia) sowerbyana Holdhaus 1913 clam
Coelopis cf. lunata clam | |
Trigonia ex gr. pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis, Bihenithyris barringtoni
"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
Bihenithyris barringtoni Muir-Wood 1935 | |
Ostracoda | |
Afrocytheridea faveolata ostracod | |
Echinoidea | |
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Polycyphus arabicus sea urchin |