Sample 100222-B, Wadi Alwa: Smithian, Oman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
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Safrodus cf. tozeri
Koot and Cuny 2014
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Geography
| Country: | Oman |
| Coordinates: | 23.2° North, 58.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.2° South, 54.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Smithian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.20000 - 248.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alwa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red lithified lime mudstone |
| Lithology description: Halstatt-type facies | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Vertebrate Collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 173261 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-09-14 13:32:59 | Last modified: | 2015-09-14 13:37:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-14 13:32:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56322. | M. B. Koot, G. Cuny, M. J. Orchard, S. Richoz, M. B. Hart and R. J. Twitchett. 2015. New hybodontiform and neoselachian sharks from the Lower Triassic of Oman. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13:891-917 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |