98/52A, Bioclastic Limestone, Wadi Wasit: Griesbachian, Oman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras sp. Griesbach 1880
s.str.
Ophiceras cf. sakuntala Diener 1897
synonym of Ophiceras medium
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Otoceratidae
Anotoceras nala (Diener 1897)
original and current combination Prosphingites nala
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus postparvus
Hindeodus parvus (Kozur 1975)
Isarcicella staeschei
see common names

Geography
Country:Oman
Coordinates: 23.0° North, 58.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° South, 54.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Griesbachian
Age range of interval:251.90200 - 251.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Eumorphotis Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:44792
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:C. Powers
Modifier:C. Powers Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-17 10:59:35 Last modified:2004-09-17 13:59:35
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-17 10:59:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11694. L. Krystyn, S. Richoz, A. Baud and R. Twitchett. 2003. A unique Permian-Triassic boundary section from the Neotethyan Hawasina Basin, Central Oman Mountains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 191:329-344 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Powers]