Wadi Kilya-3 (Jurassic to of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.7° S, 31.6° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kilya Member (Naifa Formation), Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 152.1 Ma)

• upper marls, 5-7 m below base of Qishn Fm.

Environment/lithology: calcareous marl

• lithology described as a marl

Primary reference: M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2569: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Laevaptychus sp. Trauth 1927 ammonoid aptychus
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Taramelliceras subsidens Fontannes 1879 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Sonniniidae
"Hybonoticeras ornatum" = Waagenia ornata
"Hybonoticeras ornatum" = Waagenia ornata Spath 1931 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
"Orthaspidoceras avellanum" = Schaireria avellanum, Simaspidoceras argobbae, Aspidoceras longispinum, "Simaspidoceras irregulare" = Aspidoceras irregulare, "cf. Hybonoticeras hybonotum" = Hybonoticeras hybonotus
"Orthaspidoceras avellanum" = Schaireria avellanum Zittel 1870 ammonite
Simaspidoceras argobbae Dacque 1905 ammonite
Aspidoceras longispinum Sowerby 1825 ammonite
"Simaspidoceras irregulare" = Aspidoceras irregulare Dacque 1905 ammonite
"cf. Hybonoticeras hybonotum" = Hybonoticeras hybonotus Oppel 1863 ammonite
originally entered as "Hybonoticeras cf. hybonotum"
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
cf. Lithacoceras ulmense ammonite
originally entered as "Lithococeras cf. ulmense"
Lithacoceras mombassanum DacquƩ 1910 ammonite
Katroliceras sp. Spath 1924 ammonite
Katroliceras formosum Spath 1931 ammonite
Katroliceras pottingeri Sowerby 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Subdichotomoceras ? latissimum Zwierzycki 1914 ammonite
originally entered as "Subdichotomoceras ?latissimum"
Pachysphinctes sp. Dietrich ammonite
Pachysphinctes major Spath 1931 ammonite
Pachysphinctes bathyplocus Waagen 1875 ammonite