Shaib Ha, S625: Oxfordian, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia somalica (Dacque 1905)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
? Dorsoplicathyris sp. Alméras 1970
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Somalithyris ovata Cooper 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 24.4° North, 46.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.9° South, 34.0° 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:163.50000 - 157.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hanifa
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:98684
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-19 07:56:26 Last modified:2010-10-19 09:56:26
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-19 07:56:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34048. G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]