KK8, Al Huwayrah, Thambites Zone (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 33.9° 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 98835: 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 costata" = Sphriganaria costata, "Sphriganaria angustata" = Sphriganaria costata, "Sphriganaria distincta n. sp." = Sphriganaria costata, Sphriganaria costellata n. sp., Sphriganaria subcircularis, "Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis, "Sphriganaria perovalis n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis, Sphriganaria irregularis, Sphriganaria bicostata, Sphriganaria modesta
"Sphriganaria costata" = Sphriganaria costata Cooper 1989
"Sphriganaria angustata" = Sphriganaria costata Cooper 1989
"Sphriganaria distincta n. sp." = Sphriganaria costata Cooper 1989
Sphriganaria costellata n. sp. Cooper 1989
"Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960
"Sphriganaria perovalis n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960
Sphriganaria modesta Cooper 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Strongyloria subelliptica n. sp., Eurysites rotundus n. sp.
Strongyloria subelliptica n. sp. Cooper 1989
Eurysites rotundus n. sp. Cooper 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Conarosia rotundata" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia ovata" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia sphenoidea" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia medialis" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia concinna" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia angustata" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis, Burmirhynchia decorticata, Daghanirhynchia angulocostata
"Conarosia rotundata" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia ovata" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia sphenoidea" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia medialis" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia concinna" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia angustata" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis Rouselle 1965