VD88.32, section 5, Riyadh quadrangle (Cretaceous of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.0° N, 47.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 35.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yamama Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Vaslet in 1988

• Repository: Centre des Sciences de la Terre, University of Burgundy, Dijon

Primary reference: D. Néraudeau, B. David, and M. S. Al-Muallem. 1995. The Cretaceous echinoids from central Saudi Arabia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 197:399-424 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195494: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.08.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Plegiocidaris sp. Pomel 1883 pencil urchin
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Pygurus (Pygurus) yamamaensis Kier 1972 sea urchin