Al Ayn Section (5), BR437/BR438 (Triassic to of Oman)

Where: Oman (23.2° N, 57.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 44.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Radiolarian Chert/Halobia Limestone Member (Zulla Formation), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• ?late Carnian-early Norian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• Calcilutite containing pelagic bivalves and radiolarians, shale and calcarenite

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: I. Blechschmidt, P. Dumitrica, A. Matter, L. Krystyn, and T. Peters. 2004. Stratigraphic architecture of the northern Oman continental margin - Mesozoic Hamrat Duru Group Hawasina complex, Oman. GeoArabia 9(2):81-132 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125201: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 06.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Capnodoce spp. De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Capnuchosphaera spp. De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera tricornis De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Mostlericyrtium sitepesiformis Tekin 1999 radiolarian
Canesium lentum radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Corum spp. Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xiphothecaellidae
"Xiphotheca rugosa" = Xiphothecaella rugosa
"Xiphotheca rugosa" = Xiphothecaella rugosa Bragin 1991 radiolarian