Where: Yemen (14.3° N, 44.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 38.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yemen Volcanic Group, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• "a single bedding plane"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; metamorphosed, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected in 1991; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), peel or thin section,
• skeletons "were discovered exposed on the outcrop"
•"silastic rubber casts [and] peels of the impressions" were taken
Primary reference: A. C. Henrici and A. M. Báez. 2001. First occurrence of Xenopus (Anura: Pipidae) on the Arabian Peninsula: a new species from the Upper Oligocene of Yemen. Journal of Paleontology 75(4):870-882 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75093: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 22.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Xenopus arabiensis n. sp.
Xenopus arabiensis n. sp. Henrici and Báez 2001 clawed frog | |
Actinopteri | |
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