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
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unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga teres mussel | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Lutraria intermedia clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. leucostomum" = Trachycardium
"Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. leucostomum" = Trachycardium cockle | |
Apolymetis papyracea Gmelin 1791 tellin clam | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Cardita cf. antiquata" = Cardites antiquata
"Cardita cf. antiquata" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam |