Saso Island, upper Marly limestone (locality F) (Pleistocene to of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (16.9° N, 41.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 41.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• upper portion 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 55374: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 13.10.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Pustularia cicercula
Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium (Ranularia) trilineatum" = Ranularia
"Cymatium (Ranularia) trilineatum" = Ranularia triton shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus marisrubi, Chlamys squamosa, "Chlamys squamata" = Chlamys (Azumapecten) squamata, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria, Chlamys (Aequipecten) sanguinolenta, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) lessepsii" = Aequipecten
Chlamys squamosa Gmelin 1791 scallop
"Chlamys squamata" = Chlamys (Azumapecten) squamata Gmelin 1791 scallop
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) lessepsii" = Aequipecten scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula menkeana
Plicatula menkeana Finlay 1927 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cristagalli" = Lopha cristagalli
"Ostrea cristagalli" = Lopha cristagalli Linnaeus 1758 Cock's Comb Oyster
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira tumida
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam