Safarrat and Huraymilah (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia: Late/Upper Oxfordian, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhipidogyridae
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Ironella arabica n. sp.
El-Asa'ad 1991
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common category | ||||||
| recombined as Starostinia arabica | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Solenocoeniidae
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Solenocoenia sexradiata
(Goldfuss 1826)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Kobyastraeidae
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Kobyastraea lomontiana
(Etallon 1864)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Microphyllia brevivallis
(Becker 1875)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Microphyllia soemmeringii
(Muenster 1829)
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common category | ||||||
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Ovalastrea proeminens
(Koby 1884)
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common category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pachyphylliidae
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? Columnocoenia sp.
Alloiteau 1952
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Columnocoenia safarratensis n. sp.
El-Asa'ad 1991
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3 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 25.3° North, 46.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.1° South, 34.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Jurassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 157.90000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Lithology description: Small coral patches 0,5 m thick, 20-30 m wide. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Only corals described | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3210 | ||
| Database number: | 28058 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-01-22 12:14:36 | Last modified: | 2004-02-09 11:47:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-01-22 12:14:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7685. | G.M.A. El-Asa'ad. 1991. Oxfordian hermatypic corals from central Saudi Arabia. Géobios 24(3):267-287 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy] |