Where: Saudi Arabia (26.0° N, 44.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.0° S, 41.2° E)

When: Khartam Member (Khuff Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, muddy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin-Soleau, D. Vaslet, and Y. M. Le Nindre. 2005. Ostracods as markers of the Permian/Triassic boundary in the Khuff Formation of Saudi Arabia. Palaeontology 48(4):853-868 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87283: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.03.2009

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