KK6, Khashm adh Dhibi (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 34.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marrat Formation, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 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 98955: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
"Calyptoria carinata" = Calyptoria statira
"Calyptoria carinata" = Calyptoria statira Gemmellaro 1874
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Conarosia matutina n. sp." = Burmirhynchia moulani
"Conarosia matutina n. sp." = Burmirhynchia moulani Alméras 1987