Jebel Billum IV-16: Callovian, Yemen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Cererithyris sp. Buckman 1917
16 specimens
cf. Bihenithyris barringtoni Muir-Wood 1935
1 specimen
originally entered as "Bihenithyris cf. barringtoni"
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Ornithella sp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia somalica (Dacque 1905)
1 specimen
cf. Somalirhynchia arabica Cooper 1989
18 specimens
originally entered as "Somalirhynchia cf. arabica"
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes somalicus
6 specimens
cf. Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
5 specimens
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
originally entered as "Modiolus cf. imbricatus"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus sp. Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856
6 specimens
originally entered as "Eligumus sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitaria
6 specimens
original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
cf. Eopecten aubreyi
1 specimen
originally entered as "Eopecten cf. aubreyi"
cf. Spondylopecten subpunctatus
5 specimens
originally entered as "Spondylopecten cf. subpunctatus"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
cf. Ceratomya wimmisensis (Gillieron 1886)
4 specimens
originally entered as "Ceratomya cf. wimmisensis"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Tendagurium sp. Dietrich 1933
1 specimen
originally entered as "?Tendagurium sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pseudotrapezium sp. Fischer 1887
1 specimen
Procyprina hunti
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis somaliensis (Weir 1929)
12 specimens
Tellurimya sp. n. sp. Cox 1964
1 specimen
"?sp. nov." - originally entered as "Tellurimya ?sp. nov."
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
? Plectomya sp. Loriol 1868
5 specimens
originally entered as "?Plectomya sp."
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Bucardiomya aubreyi
4 specimens
spelled with current rank as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya)
Bucardiomya somaliensis (Cox 1935)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Discohelicidae
Discohelix sp. Dunker 1847
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina sp. von Ammon 1878
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
? Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849
many - originally entered as "?Nerinella sp."
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullospira sp. Harris 1897
9 specimens
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira)
see common names

Geography
Country:Yemen State/province:Wadi Hajar
Coordinates: 14.3° North, 48.4° 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:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: top 3 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2607
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-09 13:00:34 Last modified:2017-07-27 18:02:12
Access level:database members Released:2001-07-09 13:00:34
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]