Shaqra Group (Jubaila Lst. Unite Ju1): Kimmeridgian, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nodosariata
- Robertinida
- Epistominidae
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Epistomina sp.
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Nodosariata
- Vaginulinida
- Vaginulinidae
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Lenticulina sp.
Lamarck 1804
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Hottingeritidae
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Alveosepta jaccardi
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Nautiloculinidae
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Nautiloculina sp.
Mohler 1938
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Pfenderinidae
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Kurnubia ex gr. wellingsi
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates: | 24.8° North, 46.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 1.9° South, 34.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Shaqra | Formation: | Jubaila Lst. | Member: | Junite Ju 1c Moitié inférieure |
Local section: | Al Jubaila | ||||
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Geology comments: The Jubaila Lst. of early Kimmeridgian age, consists of limestone incorporating sandy facies to the south and northwest margins on the shelf, characterized commonly by reworking associated with violent terrigenous influx. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 45576 | ||
Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | S. Hicks |
Modifier: | S. Hicks | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-11-14 06:29:59 | Last modified: | 2005-03-07 05:14:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-14 06:29:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11728. | J. Manivit, Y.-M. Le Nindre, and D. Vaslet. 1990. Le Jurassique D`Arabie Centrale. Document du BRGM 4(194):25-519 [F. Fursich/S. Hicks/W. Kiessling] |