Jebel Rawdah, section 2, bed 21: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Oman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Desmophyllites diphylloides
(Forbes 1846)
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Geography
| Country: | Oman |
| Coordinates: | 24.9° North, 55.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.6° North, 46.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Simsima | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Ammonite is not age-diagnostic but specimen of Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites) vishu almost certainly from bed 4 at section 1 indicates an Upper Maastrichtian fresvillensis zone (possibly younger) age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular,shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 175462 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-12 18:50:28 | Last modified: | 2015-12-12 20:10:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-12 18:50:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57375. | W. J. Kennedy. 1995. Maastrichtian ammonites from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 51:241-250 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |