Al Aqil - lower part (Triassic of Oman)

Also known as Reef 2916

Where: Oman (22.8° N, 57.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 49.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Misfah Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Julian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, coarse-grained packstone

• The Misfah Formation belongs to the Hawasina Complex, which represents a relict of the former Southern Tethyan Ocean. Blocks of the original Misfah Formation are now embedded within a 30-50 cm thick calcareous debris flow (megabreccia). The megabreccia is of Early Jurassic age.

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, M. Bernecker, L. Krystyn and M. Siblik. 1999. Carnian reef biota from a megabreccia of the Hawasina complex (Al Aqil, Oman). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 105(3):327-342 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49417: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 15.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Baccanella floriformis
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp.
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Egericodium hungaricum
Egericodium hungaricum Flügel et al. 1992
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
Palaeolituonella sp.
  -
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium
"Ophtalmidium sp." = Ophthalmidium Kübler and Zwingli 1870
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Bigenerina sp.
Bigenerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Barbafera carnica
Barbafera carnica Senowbari-Daryan 1980
Plexoramea
  -
Plexoramea celebriformis
Radiomura
  -
Radiomura cautica
Radiomura cautica Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Ladinella porata
  -
Ladinella porata
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
"Tubiphytes" multisiphonatus, "Tubiphytes" gracilis
"Tubiphytes" gracilis Schafer and Senowbary-Daryan 1983
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Guembelastraeidae
Stuoresia fluegeli
Stuoresia fluegeli Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan 1994 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Rhopalodendron juliensis
Rhopalodendron juliensis Turnsek and Buser 1989 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
Protoheterastrea minor
Protoheterastrea minor Turnsek and Buser 1989 stony coral
enteres as Proheterastrea minor
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae
Zardinia platithalamica, Zardinia cf. retrosiphonata
Zardinia platithalamica Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge
Zardinia cf. retrosiphonata Senowbari-Daryan 1990 demosponge
 Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Cryptocoelia zitteli
Cryptocoelia zitteli Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
"Stylothalamia dehmi" = Stylothalamia columnaris
"Stylothalamia dehmi" = Stylothalamia columnaris Le Maitre 1935 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia dubia
Colospongia dubia Münster 1841 demosponge