Wadi Bani Khalid (Triassic of Oman)

Where: Oman (22.5° N, 59.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 47.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Radiolarian Chert Member (Zulla Formation), Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• samples BR918, BR919: Spongotortilispinus moixi zone, sample BR917: between Tetraporobrachia haeckeli and Spongotortilispinus moixi zone, early Late Carnian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert and lithified, cherty/siliceous shale

• thin-bedded, red and green radiolarian ribbon chert with interbedded siliceous shale

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: P. Dumitrica, U. K. Tekin, and Y. Bedi. 2010. Eptingiacea and Saturnaliacea (Radiolaria) from the middle Carnian of Turkey and some late Ladinian to early Norian samples from Oman and Alaska. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84:259-292 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96085: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Spongosaturnaloididae
Ploechingerella torquis, Ploechingerella elbistanensis, Ploechingerella irregularis, Spongosaturnaloides quinquespinosus
Ploechingerella torquis Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Ploechingerella elbistanensis Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Ploechingerella irregularis Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Triassolaguncula tetrapes, Coronatubopyle spelae, Coronatubopyle omanensis n. sp., Coronatubopyle denticulata n. sp., Spongostephanidium spongiosum, Cryptostephanidium dextrogyrum, Cryptostephanidium reticulospinosum, Xenorum rotundum n. sp.
Triassolaguncula tetrapes Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Coronatubopyle spelae Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Coronatubopyle omanensis n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Coronatubopyle denticulata n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Spongostephanidium spongiosum Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium dextrogyrum Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium reticulospinosum Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Xenorum rotundum n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Palaeosaturnalis triassicus, Heliosaturnalis magnus
Palaeosaturnalis triassicus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Heliosaturnalis magnus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian