Ba'id ZT, Jabal Rahbah: Roadian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Pseudovermiporella nipponica
Atractyliopsis sp. Pia 1937
Imperiella sp. Elliott and Suessli 1975
Mizzia sp. Schubert 1908
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae
informal Epimastopora sp. Pia 1922
Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Staffellidae
Kahlerina sp. Kochansky-Devide 1955
Boultoniidae
Dunbarula sp. Ciry 1948
Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873
Rhodophyceae
Ungdarella sp. Maslov 1956
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 common category
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes lamellatus Konishi 1954
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 common category
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Multithecopora omaniensis Oekentorp 1978
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 very rare category
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Yokoyamaella (Maoriphyllum) christofi Blendinger and Flügel 1990
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 rare category
Monothecalis minor Weidlich and Flügel 1995
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 rare category
Lonsdaleiastraea typica Gerth 1938
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 rare category
Wentzelella katoi Flügel 1972
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 common category
2 subspecies, ssp. katoi and n. ssp. magna
Multimurinus lunatus (Flügel 1972)
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 rare category
Wentzelloides sp. (Yabe and Minato 1944)
Weidlich and Flügel 1995 rare category
Pharetronida
Inozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
common category
Calcarea
Rahbahthalmia bullifera
original and current combination Rahbahthalamia
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
? Welteria hawasinensis n. sp. Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia spheroida Rigby et al. 1989
Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882
? Thaumastocoelia sp. Steinmann 1882
Girtyocoelia gracilis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Spicidae
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella omanica Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Amblysiphonella bancaoensis Zhang 1983
Amblysiphonella merlai Parona 1933
misspelling Laccosiphonella merlai
Amblysiphonella socialis Waagen and Wentzel 1888
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Parauvanella minima Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Imbricatocoelia elongata Rigby et al. 1989
Colospongia maxima Rigby et al. 1989
Colospongia cf. americana (Girty 1908)
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Salzburgiidae
? Salzburgia irregularis Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
encrusting
unclassified
Shamovella cylindrica
Weidlich and Flügel 1995
Shamovella sosioensis
Shamovella obscura (Maslov 1956)
Weidlich and Flügel 1995
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata - Productida - Richthofeniidae
Richthofeniidae indet. Waagen 1885
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Weidlich and Flügel 1995
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet. King 1850
Weidlich and Flügel 1995
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella hidensis Endo 1959
Weidlich and Flügel 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman
Coordinates: 23.1° North, 58.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° South, 53.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Roadian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 3
*Period:Middle Permian
*International age/stage:Wordian - Capitanian *Local age/stage:Murghabian
Key time interval:Roadian Zone: Neoschwagerina craticulifera
Age range of interval:273.01000 - 266.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Al Jil
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: Sponge-coral reefal blocks in gravity-flow deposits (calciturbidites, debris flows and megabreccias)
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 229
Database number:24325
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-05 09:00:41 Last modified:2011-07-17 13:02:59
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-05 09:00:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6876. O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Late Permian 'Sphinctozoans' from reefal blocks of the Ba'id area, Oman Mountains. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):27-46 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

6875 O. Weidlich and H. W. Flügel. 1995. Upper Permian (Murghabian) rugose corals from Oman (Ba'id area, Saih Hatat): Community structure and contributions to reefbuilding processes. Facies 33:229-264 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]