Al Qumaah, S1742 (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (25.4° N, 45.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 33.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• 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 98818: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Xenorina ovata Cooper 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis
"Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis Rouselle 1965