Al Ma'abir III-7 (Jurassic of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 31.3° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Shuqra Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• Al Ma'abir III section

•loose (fossils found as float?)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• litholoyg described as limestone

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 2560: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
? Millericrinus sp.
? Millericrinus sp. d'Orbigny 1840 Sea lily
originally entered as "?Millericrinus sp."
Echinoidea
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Holectypus sp.
Holectypus sp. sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Avonothyris sp., Cererithyris sp.
Avonothyris sp. Buckman 1917
Cererithyris sp. Buckman 1917
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Pleuraloma labiatum" = Thadiqithyris labiatum
"Pleuraloma labiatum" = Thadiqithyris labiatum Cooper 1989
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia sp., Somalirhynchia africana