Where: Oman (19.6° N, 57.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 47.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Calcarata zone, Middle Member (Fiqa Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Beginning of Late Campanian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; green marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Philip and J.-P. Platel. 1998. Monopilarites a new rudist genus from the Upper Cenomanian of the Haushi-Huqf massif. Geobios 22:269-282 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161069: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 01.09.2014
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Oscillopha figari Fourtau 1904 oyster | |
cf. Bournonia sp. Fischer 1887 rudist
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
Biradiolites sp. d'Orbigny 1850 rudist | |
Echinoidea | |
Iraniaster morgani Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 heart urchin | |
Echinocorys cf. obliquus Ravn 1927 sea urchin | |
Coptodiscus cf. noemiae Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 sea urchin |