Firq Section (17), BR499: Hauterivian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Syringocapsa limatum Foreman 1973
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Spongocapsula obesa
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Mirifusus dianae
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Williriedellum petersmittae
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Angulobracchia portmanni Baumgartner 1984
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
Pyramispongia barmsteinensis (Steiger 1992)
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman
Coordinates: 22.9° North, 57.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.4° South, 44.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Hauterivian
Age range of interval:132.60000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sid'r Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Radiolarian-bearing calcilutite, silicified calcarenite
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:125282
Authorizer:J. Pálfy Enterer:A. Kocsis
Created:2012-03-07 19:44:10 Last modified:2012-03-07 02:44:10
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-07 19:44:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
40646. I. Blechschmidt, P. Dumitrica, A. Matter, L. Krystyn, and T. Peters. 2004. Stratigraphic architecture of the northern Oman continental margin - Mesozoic Hamrat Duru Group Hawasina complex, Oman. GeoArabia 9(2):81-132 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]