Jabal al Abakhayn (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia: Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Coenastraea abakkaynata n. sp. El-Asa'ad 1991
7 specimens
Coenastraea hyatti (Wells 1942)
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae
Kobyastraea lomontiana (Etallon 1864)
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae
Vallimeandropsis davidsoni (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Ironella arabica El-Asa'ad 1991
recombined as Starostinia arabica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia cornutiformis Gregory 1900
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 1 specimen
Montlivaltia frustriformis Gregory 1900
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 1 specimen
Isastrea hemisphaerica Gregory 1900
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 6 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia soemmeringii (Muenster 1829)
Ovalastrea michelini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Solenocoenia sexradiata (Goldfuss 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Cryptocoenia wegeneri Pandey and Fuersich 1993
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014
recombined as Adelocoenia wegeneri
Cryptocoenia slovenica (Turnsek 1972)
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 1 specimen
synonym of Adelocoenia parvistella
Stylina kachensis Gregory 1900
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia safarratensis El-Asa'ad 1991
El-Sorogy and Al-Kahtany 2014 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 24.9° North, 46.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° South, 34.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hanifa Member:Ulayyah
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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 550
Database number:28061
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, M. Krause
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-01-22 12:21:03 Last modified:2003-01-22 14:33:26
Access level:the public Released:2003-01-22 12:21:03
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]

Secondary references:

50609 A. S. El-Sorogy and K. M. Al-Kahtany. 2014. Contribution to the scleractinian corals of Hanifa Formation, Upper Jurassic, Jabal Al-Abakkayn, central Saudi Arabia. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]