Al Ma'abir I-1 (Jurassic to of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Jahar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 31.2° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Billum Member (Naifa Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 157.3 Ma)

• near base, gently dipping, against cliff

Environment/lithology: limestone

• lithology described as limestone

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2551: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Microthyridina farquharsoni
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Ochetoceras sp.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Limaria sp.
? Limaria sp. Link 1807 file clam
originally entered as "?Limaria sp."
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon kindopeensis
Actinostreon kindopeensis oyster
Actinostreon solitaria kindopeensis
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra fourtani
Nanogyra fourtani oyster
originally entered as "Nannogyra fourtani"
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Indogrammatodon egertonianus
Indogrammatodon egertonianus Stoliczka 1865 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp.
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam