Barra Graben, S1469: Callovian, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
? Gyrosina sp. Cooper 1983
synonym of Apatecosia
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Bihenithyris simulans n. sp. Cooper 1989
synonym of Bihenithyris weiri
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Arapsothyris magna Cooper 1989
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Xenorina ovata Cooper 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 24.8° North, 45.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.1° South, 33.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dhruma Member:Upper
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:98764
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-20 06:19:41 Last modified:2010-10-20 08:19:41
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-20 06:19:41
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]