Khashm Mashraq, S1001: Bathonian, Saudi Arabia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Sphaeroidothyris arabica n. sp. Cooper 1989
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Sphriganaria elliptica n. sp. Cooper 1989
synonym of Eudesia (Sphriganaria) rollieri
(1 measurement)
Sphriganaria costellata Cooper 1989
Sphriganaria modesta Cooper 1989
Sphriganaria magharensis (Farag 1960)
recombined as Eudesia (Sphriganaria) magharensis
(1 measurement)
Flabellothyris flabella
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Eurysites rotundus Cooper 1989
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Eurysites transversus Cooper 1989
synonym of Burmirhynchia athiensis
Conarosia sp. Cooper 1989
synonym of Burmirhynchia
see common names

Geography
Country:Saudi Arabia
Coordinates: 24.2° North, 46.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.8° South, 33.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bathonian Ammonoid zone: Thambites
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dhruma Member:Middle
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:98716
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-20 00:24:59 Last modified:2010-10-20 02:24:59
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-20 00:24:59
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]