Barra Graben, S1469 (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.8° N, 45.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 33.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Dhruma 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 98764: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Xenorina ovata Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Bihenithyris simulans n. sp." = Bihenithyris weiri
"Bihenithyris simulans n. sp." = Bihenithyris weiri Muir-Wood 1935
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
"? Gyrosina sp." = Apatecosia
"? Gyrosina sp." = Apatecosia Cooper 1983
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Arapsothyris magna Cooper 1989