Zilfi, S154: Callovian, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia somalica (Dacque 1905)
Daghanirhynchia sulcata n. sp. Cooper 1989
(1 measurement)
Somalirhynchia deficiens Cooper 1989
synonym of Kutchirhynchia gregoryi
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
? Torquirhynchia convexa n. sp. Cooper 1989
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Bihenithyris mediocostata n. sp. Cooper 1989
(1 measurement)
Bihenithyris simulans Cooper 1989
synonym of Bihenithyris weiri
? Bihenithyris abnormis n. sp. Cooper 1989
(1 measurement)
Striithyris somaliensis Muir-Wood 1935
Cooper 1983
(1 measurement)
    = Striithyris striata Cooper 1989
Cooper 1989
synonym of Striithyris somaliensis
Arapsopleurum arabicum n. gen., n. sp. Cooper 1989
recombined as Arabatia arabica
(1 measurement)
Arapsopleurum dubium n. sp. Cooper 1989
recombined as Arabatia dubia
(1 measurement)
Arapsopleurum rotundum n. sp. Cooper 1989
recombined as Arabatia rotunda
(1 measurement)
? Dolichobrochus ovatus n. sp. Cooper 1989
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Pleuraloma convexum n. sp. Cooper 1989
synonym of Thadiqithyris thadiqiensis
(1 measurement)
Pleuraloma abruptum n. sp. Cooper 1989
synonym of Thadiqithyris labiatum
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Tanyothyris symmetrica n. sp. Cooper 1989
recombined as Dorsoplicathyris symmetrica
(1 measurement)
Tanyothyris angustata n. gen., n. sp. Cooper 1989
recombined as Dorsoplicathyris angustata
(4 measurements)
Apatecosia varians n. sp. Cooper 1989
(1 measurement)
? Gyrosina ovata n. sp. Cooper 1989
recombined as Apatecosia ovata
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria informal sp. 1 Bayle 1878
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Sphriganaria bramkampi Cooper 1989
synonym of Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 26.4° North, 44.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.6° North, 33.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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:Tuwaiq Mountain
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:98680
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Clapham
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-19 04:37:33 Last modified:2010-10-19 07:02:04
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-19 04:37:33
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]

Secondary references:

43337 G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]