South of Sur, Oman (Permian to of Oman)

Also known as Reef 3192

Where: Oman (22.5° N, 59.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 55.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wordian to Wordian (266.9 - 259.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Reworked reefal block composed of sponge-coral crust framestones and bioclastic float-/rudstones.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with silica

Primary reference: R. M. Shackleton, A. C. Ries, P. R. Bird, P. R. Filbrandt, J. B. Lee and G. C. Cunningham. 1990. The Batin Melange of NE Oman. The Geology and Tectonics of the Oman Regian. Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. 49:673-696 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24328: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals described
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unclassified
  -
"Microbes" indet.
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Archaeolithoporella sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Timorphyllidae
Timorphyllum sp.
Timorphyllum sp. Gerth 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
"Pavastehphyllum cf. undaformis" = Pseudocarniaphyllum undaformis, Wentzelella osubadiensis, "Wentzelella cf. regularis" = Wentzelella (Wentzelella) osobudaniensis, Wentzelellites sicula, Wentzelellites senni, Wentzelloides lunutus, Lonsdaleiastraea sp.
"Pavastehphyllum cf. undaformis" = Pseudocarniaphyllum undaformis Flügel 1972 horn coral
"Wentzelella cf. regularis" = Wentzelella (Wentzelella) osobudaniensis Igo 1959 horn coral
Wentzelellites sicula Montanaro Gallitelli 1954 horn coral
Wentzelellites senni Minato and Kato 1965 horn coral
Lonsdaleiastraea sp. Gerth 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae
"Polythecalis denticulatus" = Szechuanophyllum denticulatum
"Polythecalis denticulatus" = Szechuanophyllum denticulatum Huang 1932 horn coral
 Pharetronida -
Inozoa indet.
Inozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
 Sphinctozoa -
Sphinctozoa indet.
Sphinctozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet.
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
End reef builders
Shamovella
  -
Shamovella sp.
Shamovella sp. Rauser-Chernousova 1951