Al Ma'abir III-12 (Jurassic of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 31.3° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Shuqra Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• 10.5 m above base

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• lithology described as limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2566: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia wyvillei
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hemicidaris gregoryi
unclassified
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Metacrosalenia pseudocidaroides
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
cf. Daghanirhynchia macfadyeni, Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis
cf. Daghanirhynchia macfadyeni Muir-Wood 1935
originally entered as "Daghanirhynchia cf. macfadyeni"
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Palaeonucula sp.
? Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
originally entered as "?Palaeonucula sp."
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea balli
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925 oyster
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
? Eomiodon sp.
? Eomiodon sp. Cox 1935 clam
originally entered as "?Eomiodon sp."
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pseudotrapezium sp., ? Procyprina hunti
Pseudotrapezium sp. Fischer 1887 clam
? Procyprina hunti clam
originally entered as "?Procyprina hunti"