Where: Kuwait (29.1° N, 47.9° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 39.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ahmadi Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• 1301.5 m (4270 ft) depth
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: core
• Repository: Museum of the Department of Geology, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Primary reference: S. K. Al-Abdul-Razzaq. 1979. Glenocythere, a new ostracode genus from the Ahmdai Formation (Cretaceous) of Kuwait. Journal of Paleontology 53:920-930 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138555: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Glenocythere triangularis n. sp.
Glenocythere triangularis n. sp. Al-Abdul-Razzaq 1979 ostracod |