Jebel Rawdah, Facies 3, bed 11, Petalobrissus assemblage: Maastrichtian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia sp. Gray 1835
Echinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis sp. Cotteau 1864
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Petalobrissus rawdahensis Smith 1995
Faujasia sp.
Zuffardia sp. Checchia-Rispoli 1917
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus cf. baluchistanensis (Noetling 1897)
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Hemipneustes arabicus Ali 1989
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Noetlingaster sp.
Echinoidea - Glyphopneustidae
Glyphopneustes sp.
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Echinotiara sp. Pomel 1883
? Phymechinus sp. Desor 1858
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Acteonella borneensis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Umboniinae indet. (Adams and Adams 1854)
original and current combination Umboniidae
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822
Gastropoda - Mesogastropoda
Strombacea sp. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea sp. Vialov 1936
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Amphidonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829
Pycnodonte uncinella
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Granocardium sp. (Gabb 1869)
synonym of Trachycardium
Fragum sp. Ršding 1798
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Scabrotrigonia sp. Dietrich 1933
spelled with current rank as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Aspidastraea sp. Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman
Coordinates: 24.9° North, 56.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.3° North, 46.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Simsima
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: cherty/siliceous sandstone
Lithology description: bioclastic sands
Environment:shoreface
Geology comments: Nearshore, immediately subtidal sands
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:151618
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-09 00:59:12 Last modified:2013-10-08 08:59:12
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-01-09 00:59:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48462. A. B. Smith, N. J. Morris, A. S. Gale and B. R. Rosen. 1995. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) echinoid-mollusc-coral assemblages and palaeoenvironments from a Tethyan carbonate platform succession, northern Oman Mountains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:155-168 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]