Wadi Darbat region, Zalumah Fm (Eocene of Oman)

Where: Oman (17.4° N, 54.0° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 46.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zalumah Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Late Priabonian

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone

• Paludal biomicritic limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Neubert and D. van Damme. 2012. Palaeogene continental molluscs of Oman. Contribution to Natural History (20)1-28 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171343: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Succineidae
Succinea omanensis n. sp.
Succinea omanensis n. sp. amber snail
 Stylommatophora -
Trochozonites arabica n. sp.
Trochozonites arabica n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012 slug
 Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
Achatina sculpturata n. sp., Limicolaria omanensis n. sp.
Achatina sculpturata n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012 slug
Limicolaria omanensis n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012 slug
 Stylommatophora - Subulinidae
? Zootecus sp.
? Zootecus sp. Westerlund 1887 slug
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Pila sp., Lanistes tricarinatus n. sp., Lanistes thaytinitiensis n. sp.
Pila sp. Röding 1798 apple snail
Lanistes tricarinatus n. sp. apple snail
Lanistes thaytinitiensis n. sp. apple snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pomatiidae
Cyclotopsis praecursor n. sp.
Cyclotopsis praecursor n. sp. periwinkle
Cerastus
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Cerastus pseudoena n. sp., Cerastus praeinsularis n. sp.
Cerastus pseudoena n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012
Cerastus praeinsularis n. sp. Neubert and van Damme 2012