Jebel Billum III-5: Callovian, Yemen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bothriopygus somaliensis
1 specimen
Corals indet.
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
cf. Bihenithyris bihenensis
12 specimens
originally entered as "Bihenithyris cf. bihenensis"
? Stiphrothyris sp. Buckman 1917
2 specimens
originally entered as "?Stiphrothyris sp."
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia sulcata Cooper 1989
18 specimens
Conarosia rotundata Cooper 1989
4 specimens
synonym of Burmirhynchia moulani
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullospira sp. Harris 1897
3 specimens
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
? Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849
4 specimens
originally entered as "?Nerinella sp."
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
? Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843
1 specimen
originally entered as "?Mactromya sp."
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
cf. Bucardiomya lyrata
2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya)
originally entered as "Bucardiomya cf. lyrata"
cf. Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814
3 specimens
originally entered as "Homomya cf. gibbosa"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Tendagurium sp. Dietrich 1933
5 specimens
originally entered as "?tendagurium sp."
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
? Colpomya sp. Ulrich 1893
1 specimen
originally entered as "?Colpomya sp."
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
cf. Ceratomya pittieri (de Loriol 1883)
1 specimen
originally entered as "Ceratoma cf. pittieri"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma ? harronis (Dacque 1905)
1 specimen
originally entered as "Plagiostoma ?harronis"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitaria
2 specimens
original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon)
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Shuqraia sp. Hudson 1954
5 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Yemen State/province:Wadi Hajar
Coordinates: 14.3° North, 48.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.7° South, 31.2° East
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Epoch:Dogger
Key time interval:Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shuqra Member:Lower
Local section:Jebel Billum III
Stratigraphy comments: loose (fossils collected as float?)
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2591
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-09 10:30:22 Last modified:1999-07-09 13:30:22
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

74. M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]