Wadi Kilya-3 (Jurassic to of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.7° S, 31.6° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kilya Member (Naifa Formation), Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 152.1 Ma)

• upper marls, 5-7 m below base of Qishn Fm.

Environment/lithology: calcareous marl

• lithology described as a marl

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 2569: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Laevaptychus sp. Trauth 1927 ammonoid aptychus
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Katroliceras sp. Spath 1924 ammonite
Katroliceras pottingeri Sowerby 1840 ammonite
cf. Lithacoceras ulmense ammonite
originally entered as "Lithococeras cf. ulmense"
Lithacoceras mombassanum DacquƩ 1910 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Subdichotomoceras ? latissimum ammonite
originally entered as "Subdichotomoceras ?latissimum"
Pachysphinctes sp. Dietrich ammonite
Pachysphinctes bathyplocus Waagen 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
cf. Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonite
originally entered as "Hybonoticeras cf. hybonotum"
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Taramelliceras subsidens Fontannes 1879 ammonite