Hisai Jebel, 3 miles east of Rifaa (Eocene of Bahrain)

Where: Bahrain (26.1° N, 50.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 42.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dammam Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphy, now assigned to Dammam Fm. AGE: Middle Eocene, based on faunal similarity with assemblages from India, Somalia, and Egypt. Assigned here to Lutetian on the basis of shared faunal composition with other Lutetian assemblages. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow subtidal carbonate environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimens from adjacent beds.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Pilgrim, c. early 1900's. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly Geological Suyrvey of India, or British Museum of Natural History..

Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Fossil Mollusca from southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 22(2):1-67 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79060: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Probably not exhaustive, but listing characteristic taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature. Identifications by L. R. Cox (British Museum).
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Terebellum carcassense Leymerie 1846 true conch
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus cleopatrae Oppenheim 1903 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Loripinus) pharaonis Bellardi 1854 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata d'Archaic and Haime 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama calcarata Lamarck 1806 jewel box