Jebel Huwayyah, W Oman Mountains, middle part of the Qahlah Formation,: Late/Upper Campanian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Proaster sp.
Orbitoididae
Orbitoides media (d'Archiac 1837)
Loftusiidae
Loftusia morgani
Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Smilotrochus jacobi Alloiteau 1936
2 specimens
synonym of Smilotrochus milneri
Trochocyathus microphyes Felix 1903
3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Phyllosmilia transiens
3 specimens
Aulosmilia aspera (Sowerby 1832)
9 specimens
Phragmosmilia lineata (Goldfuss 1826)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Trochosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
2 specimens
Ellipsosmilia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
? Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites profundus (Oppenheim 1930)
15 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Eupsammia narindensis Alloiteau 1936
3 specimens
synonym of Balanophyllia caulifera
Echinoidea - Orthopsidae
Orthopsis sp. Cotteau 1864
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator sp. Agassiz 1840
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Pygurostoma sp. Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus incerta
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais dutrugei (Coquand 1862)
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Trechmannellidae
Dictyoptychus sp. Douvillé 1905
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Vaccinites sp. Fischer 1887
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus saidi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesiculare (Lamarck 1806)
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Exogyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850
recombined as Costagyra olisiponensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea sp. Vialov 1936
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) dossantoi (Maury 1930)
recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) dossantosi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Libycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Lewyites ambindense (Collignon 1971)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras (Nostoceras) sp. Hyatt 1894
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman
Coordinates: 24.3° North, 55.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.7° North, 46.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Qahlah
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: middle part of the formation, "Loftusia beds"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty "limestone"
Lithology description: highly fossiliferous silty limestones
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:67455
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2006-11-21 02:58:14 Last modified:2006-11-21 06:36:33
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-21 02:58:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19232. M. Gameil. 2005. Palaeoecological implications of Upper Cretaceous solitary corals, United Arab Emirates/Oman Borders. Revue de Paleobiologie 24(2):515-532 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]