Where: Oman (24.9° N, 55.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 46.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Simsima Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Where it is precisely dated, Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites) vishu occurs in the Upper Maastrichtian fresvillensis zone. Specimens from scree "almost certainly derived from the top of bed 4" (given as "bed 3 or 4" by Kennedy).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated, nodular, shelly/skeletal packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: N. J. Morris. 1995. Maastrichtian nautiloids from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 51:251-255 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175478: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cimomia aff. sowerbyana d'Orbigny 1840 nautiloid |