Lina Member (Dolomite): Late Paleocene - Early Eocene, Saudi Arabia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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| "large strongly winged strombid" | ||||||||||
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cf. Rostellaria ampla
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| "cf. Rostellaria (hippochrenes) ampla" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula ex gr. exarata
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| "Corbula (Bicorbula) gr. exarata" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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| "reef-type colonial and solitary corals" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° North, 43.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.4° North, 36.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene - Eocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian - Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 - Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Late Paleocene - Early Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.2 - 47.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation dolomite |
| Lithology description: "strongly bioturbated... dolomite bed" | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
| Geology comments: "very marginal position... close to emerged shallows (?) made up of the Arabian shield" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | East of the Great Nafud | ||
| Database number: | 37183 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-03-03 16:43:36 | Last modified: | 2004-03-03 18:43:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-03 16:43:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9960. | 1% | H. Thomas, J. Roger, M. Halawani, A. Memesh, P. Lebret, C. Bourdillon, E. Buffeteaut, H. Cappetta, C. Cavelier, D. Dutheil, H. Tong and D. Vaslet. 1999. Late Paleocene to Early Eocene marine vertebrates from the Uppermost Aruma Formation (northern Saudi Arabia): implications for the K-T transition. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 329(12):905-912 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |