Where: Oman (19.0° N, 57.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 52.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Warak Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Warak Fm, which is unconformably overlies the Shuwayr Fm (latest Rupelian-early Chattian) and is unconformably overlain by the Ghubbarah Fm (Aquitanian). THICKNESS: From section of up to 30 m in thickness. AGE: late Chattian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collected by Harzhauser, Reuter, Piller, Kroh; reposited in the NHMW
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Harzhauser, Reuter, Piller, Kroh. REPOSITORY: NHMW (Vienna).
Primary reference: M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75608: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Tectus loryi d'Archaic and Haime 1853 top snail
Cantharidus (Beraua) elkeae n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 top snail | |
Bulla argosensis Harzhauser 2007 snail | |
"Campanile pseudoobeliscus" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus, Cerithium lukenderi n. sp., Cerithium markusreuteri n. sp., "Cerithium archiaci" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci, Rhinoclavis submelanoides, Rhinoclavis voglinoi
"Campanile pseudoobeliscus" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus Grateloup 1832 cerith snail
Cerithium lukenderi n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 cerith snail
Cerithium markusreuteri n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 cerith snail
"Cerithium archiaci" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci Vredenburg 1928 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis submelanoides Michelotti 1861 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis voglinoi Michelotti 1861 cerith snail | |
Bayania omanispinosa n. sp.
Bayania omanispinosa n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 snail | |
Pyrazisinus monstrosus Grateloup 1847 snail | |
"Turritella (Haustator) cf. sedanensis" = Haustator sedanensis, "Turritella (Haustator) conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata, Turritella steiningeri n. sp.
"Turritella (Haustator) cf. sedanensis" = Haustator sedanensis Martin 1905 turret shell
"Turritella (Haustator) conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata Sacco 1895 turret shell
Turritella steiningeri n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 turret shell | |
Terebralia bidentata Defrance 1832 horn snail | |
Globularia cf. compressa Basterot 1825 snail
Warakia pilleri n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 snail | |
Campanile gigas Martin 1881 snail | |
Tectarius elegans Faujas 1817 periwinkle | |
Capulus anceps Michelotti 1861 snail | |
Melongena lainei Basterot 1825 snail | |
Cancilla sp. n. sp.
Cancilla sp. n. sp. Swainson 1840 mitre shell | |
Conus aff. grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852 cone shell
"Conus aff. antiquus" = Lithoconus antiquus Lamarck 1810 cone shell
Conorbis protensus Michelotti 1861 cone shell | |
Vasum omanicum n. sp.
Vasum omanicum n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 snail | |
Lyria madrakahensis n. sp. Harzhauser 2007 volute
Athleta cf. ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute | |
Seraphs cf. subconvolutus d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
"Strombus bernielandaui n. sp." = Persististrombus bernielandaui
"Strombus bernielandaui n. sp." = Persististrombus bernielandaui Harzhauser 2007 true conch | |
Distorsio aff. cancellina Lamarck 1803 snail | |
Crassispira sp. n. sp.
Crassispira sp. n. sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Omanidacna eos Harzhauser et al. 2008 cockle |