Jebel Billum I-5 (Cretaceous of Yemen)

Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.6° S, 32.1° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mintaq Member (Hajar Formation), Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• lowermost part of this member could be Tithonian in age; 5.3 m below top

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 2580: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999, edited by Paul Scofield

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Substeueroceras striatum n. sp., Substeueroceras koeneni
Substeueroceras striatum n. sp. Howarth 1998 ammonite
Substeueroceras koeneni Steuer 1897 ammonite