KK7, Al Bakhra, Dorsetensia Zone (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.2° E: paleocoordinates 1.9° S, 33.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dorsetensia ammonoid zone, Lower Member (Dhruma Formation), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 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 98824: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
"Sphriganaria rara n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis, Sphriganaria bicostata, Sphriganaria concentrica n. sp., Sphriganaria subcircularis n. sp.
"Sphriganaria rara n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960
Sphriganaria concentrica n. sp. Cooper 1989
Sphriganaria subcircularis n. sp. Cooper 1989
 Terebratulida - Orthotomidae
? Orthotoma sp.
? Orthotoma sp. Quenstedt 1869
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Gibbirhynchia pulcher n. sp." = Burmirhynchia magna, "Gibbirhynchia rotundata n. sp." = Burmirhynchia magna, Baeorhynchia nitida n. sp., Baeorhynchia cuneata n. sp.
"Gibbirhynchia pulcher n. sp." = Burmirhynchia magna Cooper 1989
"Gibbirhynchia rotundata n. sp." = Burmirhynchia magna Cooper 1989
Baeorhynchia nitida n. sp. Cooper 1989
Baeorhynchia cuneata n. sp. Cooper 1989