Where: Saudi Arabia (24.4° N, 47.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 37.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wasia Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
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 195496: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sarracenarum Fourtau 1921 pencil urchin | |
"Heterodiadema lybicum" = Heterodiadema libycum
"Heterodiadema lybicum" = Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin |