Jebel Rawdah, upper beds - Facies 4, beds 20-21: Maastrichtian, Oman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Arnaudaster sp.
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Faujasiidae
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Petalobrissus cf. linguiformis
(Peron and Gauthier 1881)
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Petalobrissus rawdahensis
Smith 1995
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Faujasia sp.
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Zuffardia sp.
Checchia-Rispoli 1917
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Pygurostoma sp.
Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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Stigmatopygus sp.
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Echinoidea
- Echinoneoida
- Conulidae
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Globator sp.
Agassiz 1840
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Hemipneustes compressus
Noetling 1897
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
- Holectypidae
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Coenholectypus inflatus
(Cotteau and Gauthier 1895)
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Echinoidea
- Arbacioida
- Arbaciidae
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Noetlingaster sp.
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Cephalopoda
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Nautiloidea indet.
Agassiz 1847
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullina sp.
Férussac 1822
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Campanile sp.
Fischer 1884
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Gastropoda
- Mesogastropoda
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Strombacea sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Umboniinae indet.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte uncinella
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia sp.
Gray 1842
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cunnolitidae
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Cunnolites sp.
Gagnebin 1772
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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: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: bioclastic sands | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
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: | 151656 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-10-09 20:04:59 | Last modified: | 2013-10-09 04:04:59 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-01-09 20:04:59 |
| 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] |