Also known as Reef 1360
Where: Oman (22.4° N, 58.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 45.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Shuaiba Formation), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• "Rudist Member"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone and lithified packstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. Chartrousse and J. P. Masse. 1998. Offneria arabica nov. sp. (rudiste, Caprinidae) de l'Aptien inferieur du Jebel Madar (Sultanat d'Oman) [Offneria arabica nov. sp. (rudist, Caprinidae) of the Lower Aptian of Jebel Madar (Sultanate of Oman)]. Cretaceous Research 19:827-841 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64375: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Bivalvia | |
Offneria arabica n. sp., Offneria sp.
Offneria arabica n. sp. rudist
Offneria sp. Paquier 1905 rudist | |
Agriopleura sp. Kühn 1832 rudist | |
Glossomyophorus costatus rudist | |
Hensonella | |