Al Jurayfah, S1503 (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (25.5° N, 45.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 33.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thambites ammonoid zone, Middle Member (Dhruma Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 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 98773: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Sphriganaria modesta, "Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis
"Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960
 Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae
Sphenorhynchia varicostata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Eurysites rotundus
Eurysites rotundus Cooper 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Deltarhynchia triangulata n. gen. n. sp., Baeorhynchia elegantula n. sp., Baeorhynchia nucleata n. gen. n. sp., "Conarosia sphenoidea n. sp." = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia rotundata n. gen. n. sp." = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Colpotoria plicatilis" = Colpotoria nazeri
Deltarhynchia triangulata n. gen. n. sp. Cooper 1989
Baeorhynchia elegantula n. sp. Cooper 1989
Baeorhynchia nucleata n. gen. n. sp. Cooper 1989
"Conarosia sphenoidea n. sp." = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia rotundata n. gen. n. sp." = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Colpotoria plicatilis" = Colpotoria nazeri Alméras 1987