Qalhat 4 120: Selandian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Kayseriella decastroi
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Valvulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
unclassified
Indopolia satyavanti Pia 1936
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda nana
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Jodotella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1913
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
Broeckella sp. Munier-Chalmas 1922
Dissocladella gracilis
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Thyrsoporella sp. Guembel 1871
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman State/province:Ash Sharqiyah
Coordinates: 22.7° North, 59.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.3° North, 49.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian Zone: SBZ2, Planktic biozone P0-2
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jafnayn
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: packstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:215829
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Modifier:K. Hassell Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2020-11-24 20:51:02 Last modified:2020-11-24 20:53:58
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-24 20:51:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74472. M. Schluter, T. Steuber, M. Parente and J. Mutterlose. 2008. Evolution of a Maastrichtian-Paleocene tropical shallow-water carbonate platform (Qalhat, NE Oman). Facies 54:513-527 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]