Shaqra Group (Jubaila Lst. Unite Ju2): Kimmeridgian, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hottingeritidae
Alveosepta jaccardi
Pfenderinidae
Kurnubia ex gr. wellingsi
Nautiloculinidae
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878
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:Unite Ju 2
Local section:Al Jubaila
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: clayey limestone and grain coarsed, stromatoporitic limestone
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:45578
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:S. Hicks
Modifier:S. Hicks Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-11-14 06:59:46 Last modified:2005-03-07 05:16:44
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-14 06:59:46
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]