Gabel Buttan, Marly limestone (Locality B) (Pleistocene to of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (16.8° N, 42.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 41.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kamaran Member (Abbas Formation), Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• basal cast besds of the marly limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55369: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.10.2005

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. leucostomum" = Trachycardium
"Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. leucostomum" = Trachycardium cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Apolymetis papyracea Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita cf. antiquata" = Cardites antiquata
"Cardita cf. antiquata" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam