Zilfi, S154 (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (26.4° N, 44.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 33.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tuwaiq Mountain Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98680: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.10.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
? Torquirhynchia convexa n. sp. Cooper 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Somalirhynchia deficiens" = Kutchirhynchia gregoryi Weir 1929
Daghanirhynchia sulcata n. sp. Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria "sp. 1" Bayle 1878
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
"Sphriganaria bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides
"Sphriganaria bramkampi" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Douvillé 1916
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
"Tanyothyris angustata n. gen. n. sp." = Dorsoplicathyris angustata, "Tanyothyris symmetrica n. sp." = Dorsoplicathyris symmetrica, "? Gyrosina ovata n. sp." = Apatecosia ovata, Apatecosia varians n. sp.
"Tanyothyris angustata n. gen. n. sp." = Dorsoplicathyris angustata Cooper 1989
"Tanyothyris symmetrica n. sp." = Dorsoplicathyris symmetrica Cooper 1989
"? Gyrosina ovata n. sp." = Apatecosia ovata Cooper 1989
Apatecosia varians n. sp. Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
? Dolichobrochus ovatus n. sp., "Striithyris striata" = Striithyris somaliensis, ? Bihenithyris abnormis n. sp., Bihenithyris mediocostata n. sp., "Bihenithyris simulans" = Bihenithyris weiri, "Arapsopleurum rotundum n. sp." = Arabatia rotunda, "Arapsopleurum arabicum n. gen. n. sp." = Arabatia arabica, "Arapsopleurum dubium n. sp." = Arabatia dubia
? Dolichobrochus ovatus n. sp. Cooper 1989
"Striithyris striata" = Striithyris somaliensis Muir-Wood 1935
? Bihenithyris abnormis n. sp. Cooper 1989
Bihenithyris mediocostata n. sp. Cooper 1989
"Bihenithyris simulans" = Bihenithyris weiri Muir-Wood 1935
"Arapsopleurum rotundum n. sp." = Arabatia rotunda Cooper 1989
"Arapsopleurum arabicum n. gen. n. sp." = Arabatia arabica Cooper 1989
"Arapsopleurum dubium n. sp." = Arabatia dubia Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Pleuraloma abruptum n. sp." = Thadiqithyris labiatum, "Pleuraloma convexum n. sp." = Thadiqithyris thadiqiensis
"Pleuraloma abruptum n. sp." = Thadiqithyris labiatum Cooper 1989
"Pleuraloma convexum n. sp." = Thadiqithyris thadiqiensis Nazer 1973