Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm: Chattian, Oman
collected by Harzhauser, Reuter, Piller, Kroh

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tectus loryi (d'Archaic and Haime 1853)
Cantharidus (Beraua) elkeae n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla argosensis Harzhauser 2007
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Campanile pseudoobeliscus (Grateloup 1832)
original and current combination Cerithium pseudoobeliscus
Cerithium lukenderi n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
(1 measurement)
Cerithium markusreuteri n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
(1 measurement)
Cerithium archiaci (Vredenburg 1928)
original and current combination Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci
Rhinoclavis submelanoides (Michelotti 1861)
Rhinoclavis voglinoi (Michelotti 1861)
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Bayania omanispinosa n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazisinus monstrosus (Grateloup 1847)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) cf. sedanensis (Martin 1905)
recombined as Haustator sedanensis
(1 measurement)
Turritella (Haustator) conofasciata (Sacco 1895)
recombined as Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata
Turritella steiningeri n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Terebralia bidentata (Defrance 1832)
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia cf. compressa (Basterot 1825)
Warakia pilleri n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile gigas (Martin 1881)
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Tectarius elegans (Faujas 1817)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus anceps (Michelotti 1861)
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena lainei (Basterot 1825)
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Cancilla sp. n. sp. Swainson 1840
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aff. grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852
(1 measurement)
Conus aff. antiquus Lamarck 1810
recombined as Lithoconus antiquus
(1 measurement)
Conorbis protensus (Michelotti 1861)
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum omanicum n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria madrakahensis n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
Athleta cf. ficulina (Lamarck 1811)
Gastropoda - Seraphsidae
Seraphs cf. subconvolutus (d'Orbigny 1852)
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bernielandaui n. sp. Harzhauser 2007
recombined as Persististrombus bernielandaui
(5 measurements)
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio aff. cancellina Lamarck 1803
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira sp. n. sp. Swainson 1840
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Omanidacna eos Harzhauser et al. 2008
Harzhauser et al. 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman
Coordinates: 19.0° North, 57.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.4° North, 52.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Warak
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Warak Fm, which is unconformably overlies the Shuwayr Fm (latest Rupelian-early Chattian) and is unconformably overlain by the Ghubbarah Fm (Aquitanian). THICKNESS: From section of up to 30 m in thickness. AGE: late Chattian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal poorly lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Bioclastic limestone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on figured specimens.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Very shallow marine depositional environment. Some evidence of shallow sublittoral setting of a few tens of metres of water depth. Many taxa typical of patch reefs, coral carpets, sea grass meadows, and littoral mangrove flats.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Collectors:Harzhauser, Reuter, Piller, Kroh
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Harzhauser, Reuter, Piller, Kroh. REPOSITORY: NHMW (Vienna).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes gastropods, and other taxa informally mentioned in text.
Metadata
Database number:75608
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-20 13:35:10 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-10-20 13:35:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25532. M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

26532 M. Harzhauser, O. Mandic, W. E. Piller, M. Reuther, and A. Kroh. 2008. Tracing back the origin of the Indo-Pacific mollusc fauna: Basal Tridacninae from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Sultanate of Oman. Palaeontology 51(1):199-213 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]