Al Ma'abir III-3: Oxfordian, Yemen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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aff. Actinostreon solitaria
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon) | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Actinostreon aff. solitaria" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Nanogyra fourtani
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Nannogyra fourtani" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Indogrammatodon egertonianus
(Stoliczka 1865)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Arcomytilus sp. n. sp.
Agassiz 1843
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "?sp. nov." - originally entered as "Arcomytilus ?sp. nov." | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia arabica
Cooper 1989
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Somalirhynchia africana
Weir 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Somalirhynchia somalica
(Dacque 1905)
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36 specimens | |||||||||
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Eurysites transversus
Cooper 1989
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Burmirhynchia athiensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Ornithella sp.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Lissajousithyrididae
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? Gyrosina sp. n. sp.
Cooper 1983
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Apatecosia | ||||||||||
| "?sp. nov." - originally entered as "?Gyrosina ?sp. nov." | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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Ptyctothyris daghaniensis
Muir-Wood 1935
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Avonothyris sp.
Buckman 1917
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Cererithyris wyvillei
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Cererithyris cf. wyvillei" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
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Dissoria obscura
Cooper 1989
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Magharithyris triplicata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula aulites
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Yemen | State/province: | Wadi Hajar |
| Coordinates: | 14.3° North, 48.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.9° South, 31.1° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 | *Epoch: | Malm |
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Madbi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Al Ma'abir III section
36-38 m below top | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2556 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-08 12:49:35 | Last modified: | 2017-07-27 17:53:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-08 12:49:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 74. | M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement] |