Also known as Reef 33

Where: Oman (24.7° N, 55.9° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 42.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jebel Wasa Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Age indicated as Norian-Rhaetian, but most probably Norian according to Flügel (2002)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Point counting results: 60% pharetronid sponges, 13% chaetetids, 13% dijectoporids/spongiomorphids, 8% corals, 4% solenoporaceans, 2% crinoids.

Primary reference: M. Bernecker. 1996. Upper Triassic reefs of the Oman Mountains: Data from the south Tethyan margin. Facies 34:41-76 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24304: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.08.2002

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