Where: Saudi Arabia (26.9° N, 44.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 33.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dhruma Formation (Shaqra Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: J. Manivit, Y.-M. Le Nindre, and D. Vaslet. 1990. Le Jurassique D`Arabie Centrale. Document du BRGM 4(194):25-519 [F. Fursich/S. Hicks/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48447: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 20.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Anthozoa | |
Andemantastraea gaultierensis Koby 1906 stony coral | |
Astraraea amorpha stony coral | |
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Chomatoseris sp. Thomas 1935 stony coral
Chomatoseris orbulites Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Chomatoseris jacobi Alloiteau 1945 stony coral
Genabacia stellifera d'Archiac 1843 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria dumorti stony coral | |
Cephalopoda | |
Tulites cf. arabicus Arkell 1952 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Discohelix sp. Dunker 1847 snail | |
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail | |
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail | |
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012 snail | |
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"Nerinea bruntrutana" = Ptygmatis pseudobruntrutana, Bactroptyxis sp.
"Nerinea bruntrutana" = Ptygmatis pseudobruntrutana Gemmellaro 1865 snail
Bactroptyxis sp. Cossmann 1896 snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Plagiostoma gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum, Plagiostoma cf. subcardiiformis
"Plagiostoma gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
Plagiostoma cf. subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam | |
"Entolium cf. corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium cf. corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop | |
Chlamys nattheimensis scallop
"Chlamys cf. textorius" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Camptonectes laminatus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Fimbria cf. lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
Homomya cf. gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Pseudisocardia cf. macfadyeni Cox 1935 clam | |
Ceratomyopsis cf. arabica Cox 1935 clam | |
Protocardia ex gr. hillanum cockle | |
Neocrassina ovata clam | |
Trigonia ex gr. pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam | |
Nuculana ex gr. castor pointed nut clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Cererithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929 | |
Tubithyris cf. jubaensis Weir 1929 |