Jebel Billum II-2: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian, Yemen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Colpomya sp.
Ulrich 1893
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Indogrammatodon egertonianus
(Stoliczka 1865)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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? Limaria sp.
Link 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "?Limaria sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Nanogyra fourtani
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Nannogyra fourtani" | ||||||||||
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? Deltoideum delta
(Smith 1817)
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| originally entered as "?Deltoideum delta" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Actinostreon kindopeensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon) | ||||||||||
| Actinostreon solitaria kindopeensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Falcimytilus jurensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Microthyridina farquharsoni
Muir-Wood 1935
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50 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Kallirhynchia sp.
Buckman 1917
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Somalirhynchia arabica
Cooper 1989
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Somalirhynchia cf. arabica" | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Hemicidaridae
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aff. Pseudocidaris thurmanni
(Agassiz 1840)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Pseudocidaris aff. thurmanni" | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Millericrinida
- Millericrinidae
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? Millericrinus sp.
d'Orbigny 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "?Millericrinus sp." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Yemen | State/province: | Wadi Hajar |
| Coordinates: | 14.3° North, 48.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.0° South, 31.1° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 | *Epoch: | Malm |
| *International age/stage: | Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian | ||
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: lithology described as limestone | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2586 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-09 08:50:28 | Last modified: | 2017-07-27 17:56:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-09 08:50:28 |
| 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] |