Shaqra Group (Hanifa Fm.): Oxfordian, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia somalica
(Dacque 1905)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Ornithella ex gr. hudlestoni
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula sp.
Müller 1776
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerinellidae
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Aptyxiella sp.
Fischer 1885
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerineidae
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Cossmannea cf. tuberculata
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Nerinea cf. mosae
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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Gastropoda
- Discohelicidae
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Discohelix douvillei
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Discohelix sp.
Dunker 1847
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Discohelix elegantulum
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullospira sp.
Harris 1897
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spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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Pterodonta sp.
d'Orbigny 1843
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Gastropoda
- Purpurinidae
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Purpuroidea indet.
Lycett 1848
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Harpagodes sp.
Gill 1870
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Pietteia cf. hamus
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Aporrhais sp.
da Costa 1778
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Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Vermetus sp.
Daudin 1800
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania sp.
Pictet and Campiche 1862
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Nanogyra nana
(Sowerby 1822)
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recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Trocholinidae
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Trocholina sp.
Paalzow 1922
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=sp.2=Foram. | ||||||||||
Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Ammobaculites sp.
Cushman 1910
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Nautiloculinidae
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Nautiloculina oolithica
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Nautiloculina sp.
Mohler 1938
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Pfenderinidae
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Kurnubia sp.
Henson 1948
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Kurnubia ex gr. palastiniensis
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Globotextulariidae
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Pseudomarssonella biangulata
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates: | 23.1° North, 46.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 3.1° South, 33.4° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Oxfordian | ||
Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Shaqra | Formation: | Hanifa | Member: | Hawtah Mb. 2 |
Local section: | Coupe du Wadi al Habraqiyah | ||||
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 Hanifa Formation consisting of a lower carbonate and clayey part with more confined environment and a more calcareous and locally reefal upper part shows a further transgressive trend. |
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: | 45818 | ||
Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | S. Hicks |
Modifier: | S. Hicks | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-12-06 07:40:30 | Last modified: | 2005-03-04 09:44:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-06 07:40:30 |
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] |