Jebel Rawdah, lower part - Facies 4, bed 12-13, Globator-arbacioid assemblage: Maastrichtian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis sp. Cotteau 1864
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Petalobrissus rawdahensis Smith 1995
Petalobrissus cf. linguiformis (Peron and Gauthier 1881)
Faujasia sp.
Zuffardia sp. Checchia-Rispoli 1917
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Pygurostoma sp. Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Stigmatopygus sp.
Nucleopygus sp. Agassiz 1840
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Arnaudaster sp.
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Hemipneustes compressus Noetling 1897
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Goniopygus sp. Agassiz 1838
Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Echinotiara sp. Pomel 1883
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonites indet. Bruguière 1789
nomen vanum belonging to Ammonitida
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Actaeonella borneensis Sohl and Kollmann 1985
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
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
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 - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908
Praeradiolites sp. Douvillé 1902
Bournonia sp. Fischer 1887
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Trechmannellidae
Dictyoptychus sp. Douvillé 1905
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Aspidastraea sp. Kühn 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Glenarea cretacea Pocta 1887
Baron-Szabo 2000
Diploctenium sp. Goldfuss 1827
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Astrogyra edwardsi (Reuss 1854)
Baron-Szabo 2000
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:shallow subtidal indet.
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:151619
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-10-09 01:09:09 Last modified:2013-10-09 03:04:49
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-01-09 01:09:09
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]

Secondary references:

4262 R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2000. Late Campanian-Maastrichtian corals from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London (Geology) 56(2):91-131 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]