VD88.150, section 7, north of Riyadh area: Late/Upper Campanian, Saudi Arabia
collected by D. Vaslet 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Somaliasteridae
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Iraniaster bowersi
Kier 1972
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Geography
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 25.3° North, 46.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.8° North, 38.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | D. Vaslet | Collection dates: | 1988 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Centre des Sciences de la Terre, University of Burgundy, Dijon | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 195514 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-08-10 22:31:14 | Last modified: | 2018-08-10 22:31:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-10 22:31:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66541. | D. Néraudeau, B. David, and M. S. Al-Muallem. 1995. The Cretaceous echinoids from central Saudi Arabia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 197:399-424 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |