Also known as Reef 2931

Where: Oman (24.9° N, 56.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 46.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Simsima Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• basal and middle part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. H. M. Metwally. 1996. Maastrichtian scleractinian corals from the Western flank of the Oman Mountains, U.A.E. and their paleoecological significance. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte (6)375-388 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67009: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.11.2006

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