Al Ma'abir III-4 (Jurassic of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 31.1° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Madbi Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Al Ma'abir section

•middle storm bed, 49 m below top

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

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 2557: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Turbinoidea - Proconulidae
Proconulus arabiensis Newton 1908 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
originally entered as "Nannogyra fourtaui"
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
aff. Actinostreon solitaria oyster
originally entered as "Actinosteon aff. solitaria"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Indogrammatodon egertonianus Stoliczka 1865 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
aff. Neocrassina unilateralis clam
originally entered as "Neocrassina aff. unilateralis"
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935
 Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Septirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935
"sp. juv." - originally entered as "Septirhynchia sp. juv."
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae