Ras al Khaimah, UAE: Cenomanian, United Arab Emirates
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya gigantea
(Sowerby 1836)
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Pholadomya pedernalis
Roemer 1852
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Arctica humei
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Arctica magharensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus aegyptiaca
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Meretrix faba
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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cf. Notodonax annaeeugeniae
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| originally entered as "Notodonax cf. annaeeugeniae" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita forgemolli
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Cardita beuquei
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| Cardita forgemolli beuquei | ||||||||||
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Cardita delettrei
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| Cardita forgemolli delettrei | ||||||||||
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Cyclocardia gamali
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Linotrigonia elegans
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia scabra
(Lamarck 1819)
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| recombined as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Crassostrea boucheroni
Coquand 1962
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| synonym of Liostrea heinzi | ||||||||||
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Crassostrea delettrei
Coquand 1985
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| synonym of Curvostrea isidis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima cenomanensis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca aegyptiaca
Fourtau 1917
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| recombined as Barbatia aegyptiaca | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea orientalis
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Geography
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Coordinates: | 25.9° North, 56.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.1° South, 45.5° East |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Khatiyah | ||||
| Local section: | Wadi Kabd al Qa's | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Khatiyah (Shilaif) Formation is within the Wasia Group | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | "carbonate" |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3790 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-10 06:50:43 | Last modified: | 1999-08-10 11:34:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 251. | M. H. M. Metwally. 1994. Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Bivalves from the Wasia Group, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie-Abhandlungen 191(2):299-312 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou] |