Jebel Huwayyah, section 2, bed 6: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Oman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Pseudogibbithyris arabica n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1995
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Owen 1995 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Nostoceratidae
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Nostoceras (Nostoceras) sp.
Hyatt 1894
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Geography
| Country: | Oman |
| Coordinates: | 24.3° North, 55.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.0° North, 46.1° 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: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qahlah | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Loftusia beds. Age could be as old as late Campanian or as young as early Upper Maastrichtian based on ammonite biostratigraphy. Lower Maastrichtian (to early Upper Maastrichtian). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,shelly/skeletal lithified silty "limestone" |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: "Extremely shallow-water, back bar or lagoonal deposits formed in a protected environment below wave base" | |
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: | 175474 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-12 20:07:57 | Last modified: | 2015-12-12 20:07:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-12 20:07:56 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 57378 | E. F. Owen. 1995. Maastrichtian brachiopods from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 51:275-276 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |