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 | |
Plegiocidaris sp. Pomel 1883 pencil urchin | |
Pygurus (Pygurus) yamamaensis Kier 1972 sea urchin |