ARAMCO locality L-630, on the edge of the Great Nafud: Gedinnine, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Plectonotidae
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Plectonotus (Plectonotus) derbyi
(Clarke 1899)
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Geography
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 28.2° North, 38.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.4° South, 99.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early Devonian |
| Stage: | Lochkovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Gedinnine | ||
| Age range of interval: | 419.2 - 410.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tabuk | Member: | Tawil Sandstone |
| Local section: | L-630 | Local bed: | 510 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 69195 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-20 19:18:12 | Last modified: | 2007-02-20 21:20:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-20 19:18:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15579. | A. J. Boucot, D. M. Rohr, and R.B. Blodgett. 1988. A marine invertebrate faunule from the Tawil Sandstone (basal Devonian) of Saudi Arabia and its biogeographic-paleogeographic consequences. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 44:361-372 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |