Ar Rubay'iyah: Ladinian, Saudi Arabia
collected 1976

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
? Gyrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833
Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria sp. Stensiö 1919
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
? Sargodon sp. Plieninger 1847
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
? Paralepidotus sp. Stolley 1919
Reptilia - Ichthyosauria
Ichthyosauria indet. de Blainville 1835
Reptilia - Placodontia
Cyamodontoidea indet. Nopcsa 1923
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae
Pachypleurosauridae indet. (Nopcsa 1928)
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosaurus sp. Münster 1834
Reptilia - Nothosauria - Simosauridae
Simosaurus sp. Meyer 1842
Reptilia - Tanystropheidae
Tanystropheidae indet. Gervais 1859
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
? Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
? Lissodus sp. Brough 1935
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus spp.
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Hybodus aff. plicatilis Agassiz 1834
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 26.4° North, 44.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.8° South, 41.2° East
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Ladinian
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jilh
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Jilh Formation is late Anisian-lowermost Carnian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1976
Collection method comments: Repository: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania (QVM, GFV, geology fossil vertebrates)
Metadata
Database number:149547
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-08-07 13:22:48 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-08-07 13:22:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47903. P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich, O. Rieppel, R. A. Thulborn, and H. A. McClure. 1999. A Middle Triassic vertebrate fauna from the Jilh Formation, Saudi Arabia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 213:201-232 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]