Wadi El Assyi, radiolitid member, Nakhl, Oman (Cretaceous of Oman)

Also known as Reef 1364

Where: Oman (23.5° N, 57.9° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 46.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Al Hassanat Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone and lithified wackestone

• Biostromes in protected inner platform settings

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Data from upper part of the Radiolitid member

Primary reference: J.-P. Masse, J. Borgomano, and S. Al Maskiry. 1997. Stratigraphy and tectonosedimentary evolution of a late Aptian-Albian carbonate margin: the northeastern Jebel Akhdar (Sultanate of Oman). Sedimentary Geology 113:269-280 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24029: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites plicatus, "Eoradiolites lyratus" = Eoradiolites liratus
Eoradiolites plicatus Conrad 1852 rudist
"Eoradiolites lyratus" = Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist
Anthozoa
 Gorgonacea -
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Charentia cuvillieri Neumann 1965
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Textulariina - Nezzazatidae