Jabal Buhays, Al Faiyah Range, Simsima Formation (Cretaceous to of the United Arab Emirates)

Where: United Arab Emirates (25.0° N, 55.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 46.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• broadly Campanian-Maastrichtian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified packstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Gameil. 2005. Palaeoecological implications of Upper Cretaceous solitary corals, United Arab Emirates/Oman Borders. Revue de Paleobiologie 24(2):515-532 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67456: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.11.2006, edited by Mihaela Krause and Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis sp.
Orthopsis sp. Cotteau 1864 sea urchin
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma sp.
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator sp.
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp.
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Faujasia eccentripora
Faujasia eccentripora Lees 1928 sand dollar
 Cassiduloida -
Pygurostoma sp.
Pygurostoma sp. Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Goniopygus sp., Codiopsis sp.
Goniopygus sp. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin
Codiopsis sp. sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia sp., "Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
"Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) Dietrich 1933 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium sp.
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites sp.
Hippurites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
 Hippuritida - Trechmannellidae
Dictyoptychus sp.
Dictyoptychus sp. Douvillé 1905 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Durania sp.
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp.
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp.
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp.
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis, Ceratostreon flabellatum, Ilymatogyra africana
"Pycnodonte vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea sp.
Agerostrea sp. Vialov 1936 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp.
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
 Autobranchia -
Pterioida indet.2
Pterioida indet.2 Newell 1965 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp.
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp.
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella
"Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella d'Orbigny 1843 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria sp.
Lyria sp. Gray 1847 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais sp.
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma sp.
Tylostoma sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanile sp.
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Palaeopsammia zitteli
Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites trifurcata n. sp., Cunnolites (Cunnolites) macrostoma, "Cunnolites (Cunnolites) medlicotti" = Cunnolites cancellata, Cunnolites (Paracunnolites) krumbecki, "Cunnolites (Cunnolites) sororius" = Cunnolites polymorphus, Cunnolites (Cunnolites) profundus
Cunnolites trifurcata n. sp. stony coral
"Cunnolites (Cunnolites) medlicotti" = Cunnolites cancellata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Cunnolites (Paracunnolites) krumbecki Stefani 1913 stony coral
"Cunnolites (Cunnolites) sororius" = Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Cunnolites (Cunnolites) profundus Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
"Placocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula1, Astrogyra sp., Neocoenia lepida1
"Placocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula1 Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Astrogyra sp. Felix 1900 stony coral
Neocoenia lepida1 Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Stephanaxophyllia casterasi" = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata1
"Stephanaxophyllia casterasi" = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata1 Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Diploctenium affine, Phyllosmilia sp., Phyllosmilia reussi
Diploctenium affine Felix 1903 stony coral
Phyllosmilia sp. Fromentel 1862 stony coral
Phyllosmilia reussi Beauvais 1982 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Monticulastraea insignis1
Monticulastraea insignis1 Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Peplosmilia latona
Peplosmilia latona Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea ramosa1
Actinastrea ramosa1 Sowerby 1832 stony coral
Foraminifera
 Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae
Omphalocyclus macroporus, Orbitoides media
Orbitoides media d'Archiac 1837
 Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae
Lepidorbitoides sp., Lepidorbitoides minor
Lepidorbitoides minor Schlumberger 1901
1Baron-Szabo 2000; 2Kiessling 2009