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
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
Gastropoda | |
Terebellum carcassense Leymerie 1846 true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop | |
Mytilus cleopatrae Oppenheim 1903 mussel | |
Lucina (Loripinus) pharaonis Bellardi 1854 clam | |
Corbula (Bicorbula) subexarata d'Archaic and Haime 1854 clam | |
Chama calcarata Lamarck 1806 jewel box |