Jabal Umm Himar locality 43: Paleocene, Saudi Arabia
collected 1971-1979
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dyrosauridae
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Dyrosauridae indet.
Stefano 1903
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Reptilia
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Rhabdognathus sp.
Swinton 1930
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Langston 1995 | |||||||||
| USGS 43-CR-l (incomplete mandibular symphysis) | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus informal very large sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis dixoni
Agassiz 1843
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| recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni | ||||||||||
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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: | 140972 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-19 23:41:26 | Last modified: | 2013-03-19 07:42:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-19 23:41:26 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 45783 | W. Langston. 1995. Dyrosaurs (Crocodilia, Mesosuchia) from the Paleocene Umm Himar Formation, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In F. C. Whitmore Jr., C. T. Madden (eds.), United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2093(F):1-36 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] |