KK9, Khashm Mishraq, Micromphalites 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: Micromphalites 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 98841: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
"Sphriganaria obesa n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) rollieri, Sphriganaria costellata, "Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis, "Sphriganaria perovalis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis
"Sphriganaria obesa n. sp." = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) rollieri Farag 1962
"Sphriganaria magharensis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960
"Sphriganaria perovalis" = Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis Farag 1960
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Arabicella subplana" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Arabicella subplana" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Gibbirhynchia sphaerica" = Globirhynchia sphaerica
"Gibbirhynchia sphaerica" = Globirhynchia sphaerica Cooper 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Conarosia rotundata" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia ovata" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia medialis" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Conarosia angustata" = Burmirhynchia moulani, "Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis, Burmirhynchia decorticata n. sp., Burmirhynchia angustata n. sp., Pycnoria magna, Daghanirhynchia angulocostata, "Globirhynchia subtriangulata n. sp." = Daghanirhynchia subversabilis
"Conarosia rotundata" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia ovata" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia medialis" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Conarosia angustata" = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987
"Eurysites transversus" = Burmirhynchia athiensis Rouselle 1965
Burmirhynchia decorticata n. sp. Cooper 1989
Burmirhynchia angustata n. sp. Cooper 1989
Pycnoria magna Cooper 1989
"Globirhynchia subtriangulata n. sp." = Daghanirhynchia subversabilis Weir 1925