Jabal Umm Himar locality 36W: Paleocene, Saudi Arabia
collected 1971-1979
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Dyrosauridae
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Dyrosauridae indet.
Stefano 1903
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
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Siluriformes indet.
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma sokotoense
White 1934
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis substriata
(Stromer 1910)
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Chondrichthyes
- Torpediniformes
- Torpedinidae
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Eotorpedo hilgendorfi
(Jaekel 1904)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis dixoni
Agassiz 1843
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recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Saudi Arabia | State/province: | Makkah |
Coordinates: | 21.2° North, 41.4° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 6.7° North, 32.4° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | massive,gypsiferous mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Massive, thick-bedded mudstone, containing detritus, abundant montmorillonite, illite, and subordinate gypsum | |
Environment: | lagoonal |
Geology comments: Low-energy estuarine or lagoonal environment |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS | Collection dates: | 1971-1979 |
Metadata
Database number: | 140968 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-03-19 23:35:41 | Last modified: | 2013-03-19 07:37:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-19 23:35:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
45776. | C. T. Madden, F. C. Whitmore Jr., D. L. Schmidt and I. M. Naqvi. 1995. The Umm Himar Formation (Paleocene) of Saudi Arabia and Associated Strata: Stratigraphy, Vertebrate Fauna, and Paleoenvironment. In F. C. Whitmore Jr., C. T. Madden (eds.), U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2093(A):1-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |