Jebel Huwayyah, W Oman Mountains, lower part of the Qahlah Formation, (Cretaceous to of Oman)

Where: Oman (24.3° N, 55.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 46.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qahlah Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• lower part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone and lithified conglomerate

• poorly sorted sandstones and siltstones, massive conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Gameil. 2005. Palaeoecological implications of Upper Cretaceous solitary corals, United Arab Emirates/Oman Borders. Revue de Paleobiologie 24(2):515-532 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67454: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.11.2006, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Acutostrea sp.
Acutostrea sp. Vyalov 1936 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea elongata, Actinastrea ramosa, Columactinastraea pygmaea
Actinastrea elongata Alloiteau 1954 stony coral
Actinastrea ramosa Sowerby 1832 stony coral
Columactinastraea pygmaea Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Neocoenia lepida
Neocoenia lepida Reuss 1854 stony coral