Bed No. 197, Fara'id al Ahmar (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (22.5° N, 46.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 33.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thambites planus ammonoid zone, D3 Member (Dhruma Formation), Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, nodular, argillaceous limestone and lithified, yellow marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Alméras, M. Cougnon, R. Enay and C. Mangold. 2010. Brachiopodes du Jurasique Inférieur et moyen d'Arabie Saoudite centrale. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon 168:1-247 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141527: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 28.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae