VD88.262, section 4, Riyadh quadrangle (Cretaceous of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.3° N, 47.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 39.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Khanasir Member (Aruma Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 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 195513: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Somaliasteridae
Iraniaster affinidouvillei Kier 1972 heart urchin