Where: Oman (21.0° N, 57.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 52.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: 3 Member (Khuff Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• Composite section built on five sections. Khuff is part of an unconformable second mega-sequence, which consists of the fluvial terrigenous Gharif Fm., overlain by marine marls and bioclastic limestones of the Khuff Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Angiolini and H. Bucher. 1999. Taxonomy and quantitative biochronology of Guadalupian brachiopods from the Khuff Formation, southeastern Oman. GĂ©obios 32(5):665-699 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105708: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Phestia lusabaensis n. sp.
Phestia lusabaensis n. sp. Dickins 1999 clam | |
Vnigripecten subphosphaticus n. sp.
Vnigripecten subphosphaticus n. sp. Dickins 1999 scallop | |
Edmondia hudsoni Dickins 1999 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
"Dyschrestia rugosa" = Kemeria rugosa
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