Al Jurayfah, S1244 (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (25.6° N, 45.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 33.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tulites 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 98961: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
"Sphriganaria parva n. sp." = Sphriganaria costata, "Apothyris aberrans" = Flabellothyris dichotoma
"Sphriganaria parva n. sp." = Sphriganaria costata Cooper 1989
"Apothyris aberrans" = Flabellothyris dichotoma Kitchin 1900
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Globirhynchia subtriangulata" = Daghanirhynchia subversabilis, Burmirhynchia decorticata, "Globirhynchia concinna n. sp." = Burmirhynchia termierae
"Globirhynchia subtriangulata" = Daghanirhynchia subversabilis Weir 1925
"Globirhynchia concinna n. sp." = Burmirhynchia termierae Rousselle 1965