YMN-3 (Jurassic of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (16.6° N, 44.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° S, 28.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mabdi Formation (Surdud Group), Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• "deposited on or close to the ancient shoreline"
• "dense, well-indurated, calcite-cemented sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1990; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. L. Jacobs, P. A. Murry, W. R. Downs and H. A. El-Nakhal. 1999. A dinosaur from the Republic of Yemen. In P. J. Whybrow & A. Hill (ed.), Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia, With Emphasis on the Late Miocene Faunas, Geology, and Palaeoenvironments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Yale University Press, New Haven 454-459 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 26371: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod