Jebel Wasa south, Oman: Norian, Oman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Poriferitubus buseri
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informal Spongiostromata indet.
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Polychaeta
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Microtubus communis
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Hydrozoa
- Spongiomorphida
- Spongiomorphidae
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Spongiomorpha sp.
Frech 1890
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Reimaniphylliidae
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Distichophyllia norica
(Frech 1890)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astraeomorphidae
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Astraeomorpha crassisepta
Reuss 1854
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Gablonzeriidae
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Gablonzeria profunda
(Reuss 1854)
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Disjectoporidae
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Disjectopora sp.
Waagen and Wentzel 1888
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Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Endostomatidae
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Corynella sp.
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Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Stellispongiidae
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Peronidella sp.
Hinde 1893
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Solenolmiidae
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Welteria sp.
Vinassa de Regny 1915
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Demospongiae
- Hadromerida
- Celyphiidae
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Alpinothalamia bavarica
(Ott 1967)
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? Uvanella tegimentopora
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1986
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Demospongiae
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Bauneia sp.
Peterhans 1927
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Parachaetetes triasinus
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Parachaetetes maslovi
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Milioliporidae
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Galeanella panticae
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Cucurbita sp.
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Miliolidae
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informal Sigmoilina schaeferae
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Coscinophragmatidae
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Alpinophragmium perforatum
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unclassified
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Actinotubella gusici
Senowbari-Daryan 1984
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Geography
| Country: | Oman |
| Coordinates: | 24.7° North, 55.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.2° South, 42.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Norian - Rhaetian | ||
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jebel Wasa | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age indicated as Norian-Rhaetian, but most probably Norian according to Flügel (2002) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified floatstone |
| Lithology description: Reef debris dominates with 72% floatstones and 28% rudstones. Some large reefal blocks. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Point counting results: 60% pharetronid sponges, 13% chaetetids, 13% dijectoporids/spongiomorphids, 8% corals, 4% solenoporaceans, 2% crinoids. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 33 | ||
| Database number: | 24304 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-08-05 05:53:07 | Last modified: | 2004-10-22 08:00:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-05 05:53:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6869. | M. Bernecker. 1996. Upper Triassic reefs of the Oman Mountains: Data from the south Tethyan margin. Facies 34:41-76 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |