Sint, Jebel Kawr, Oman (Triassic of Oman)

Also known as Reef 35

Where: Oman (23.2° N, 57.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 43.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Misfah Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Age indicated as Norian-Rhaetian, but most probably Norian according to Flügel (2002)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Coral-algal-sponge boundstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Data combined from several facies types: coral facies, soleoporacean facies, sponge facies.

Primary reference: M. Bernecker. 1996. Upper Triassic reefs of the Oman Mountains: Data from the south Tethyan margin. Facies 34:41-76 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24306: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polychaeta
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia charlyana Frech 1890 stony coral
dendroid builder
Margarosmilia zieteni Klipstein 1843 stony coral
dendroid builder
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
dendroid builder
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Seriastraea multiphyllia stony coral
cerioid builder
 Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae
Gablonzeria profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral
cerioid builder
 Scleractinia - Cyclophylliidae
"Cyclophyllia cyclica" = Cycliphyllia cyclica
"Cyclophyllia cyclica" = Cycliphyllia cyclica Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978 stony coral
dendroid builder
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris rectilamellosa Winckler 1861 stony coral
cerioid builder
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
"Cryptocoelia siciliana" = Guangxispongia siciliana
"Cryptocoelia siciliana" = Guangxispongia siciliana Senowbari-Daryan 1990 demosponge
baffler
 Verticillitida - Annaecoeliidae
Annaecoelia sp. Senowbari-Daryan 1978 demosponge
baffler
 Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Cryptocoelia tenuiparietalis demosponge
baffler
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Welteria sp. Vinassa de Regny 1915 demosponge
baffler
  -
Atrochaetetes medius demosponge
builder - end of reef builders
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Uvanella norica Senowbari-Daryan 1990 demosponge
encrusting
  -
Bauneia annosciai demosponge
builder
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae