Jebel Buwaydah, Oman, JB 21: Berriasian, Oman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Protozoa
- Actinommidae
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Actinomma informal sp. E
Haeckel 1862
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Saturnalidae
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Acanthocircus dicranacanthos
Squinabol
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos | ||||||||||
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
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Triposphaera informal sp. A
Hinde
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Triposphaera informal sp. B
Hinde
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Hexalonchidae
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Hexalonche informal sp. C
Haeckel 1881
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Xiphostylidae
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Triactoma tithonianum
Rüst 1885
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Triactoma hidalgoensis
Pessagno et al. 1989
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Amphipyndacidae
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? Amphipyndax aff. ellipticus
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Amphipyndax obesa
(Squinabol 1903)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Syringocapsidae
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? Podobursa informal sp. B
Wisniowski 1889
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1 individual | |||||||||
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? Podobursa informal sp. D
Wisniowski 1889
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Podobursa triacantha
(Fischli 1916)
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24 individuals | |||||||||
| ssp. polyacantha, ssp. triacantha (3), ssp. tetracantha (5) | ||||||||||
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Podobursa aff. tricola
Foreman 1973
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Syringocapsa aff. polylophia
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Spongocapsulidae
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Spongocapsula dumitricai
Widz and De Wever 1993
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Spongocapsula perampla
(Rüst 1885)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Spongocapsula palmerae
Pessagno 1977
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Obesacapsula informal sp. B
Pessagno 1977
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Obesacapsula bullata
Steiger 1992
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Obesacapsula polyedra
(Steiger 1992)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Obesacapsula rotunda
(Hinde 1900)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Obesacapsula cetia
(Foreman 1973)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Obesacapsula rusconensis
Baumgartner 1984
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13 individuals | |||||||||
| [entered as Obesacapsula ruscoensis] | ||||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Parvicingulidae
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Ristola cretacea
(Baumgartner 1980)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Parvicingula ex gr. boesii
(Parona 1890)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Tethysetta boesii | ||||||||||
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Mirifusus chenodes
(Renz 1974)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mirifusus mediodilatatus
(Rüst 1885)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| ssp. mediodilatatus (1), ssp. minor (2) | ||||||||||
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Praeparvicingula cosmoconica
(Foreman 1973)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Wrangellium depressum
(Baumgartner 1984)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Wrangellium puga
(Schaaf 1981)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Sethocapsidae
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Sethocapsa leiostraca
Foreman 1973
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Sethocapsa ex gr. trachyostraca
Foreman 1973
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Williriedellidae
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Hemicryptocapsa aff. trachyostraca
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Tricolocapsa campana
Kiessling 1995
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Cryptamphorella aff. conara
(Foreman 1968)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Unumidae
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Unuma informal sp. A
Ichikawa and Yao 1976
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Bagotidae
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Bagotum informal sp. A
Pessagno and Whalen 1982
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Archaeodictyomitridae
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Archaeodictyomitra aff. veneta
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Archaeodictyomitra informal sp. A
Pessagno 1977
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Archaeodictyomitra lacrimula
(Foreman 1973)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Thanarla ex gr. brouweri
(Tan Sin Hok 1927)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Thanarla praeveneta
Pessagno 1977
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Eucyrtidiellidae
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? Eucyrtidiellum informal sp. A
Baumgartner 1984
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Ultranaporidae
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Napora durhami
(Pessagno 1977)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Napora ex gr. bukryi
Pessagno 1977
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Eucyrtiidae
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? Theocorys pulchella
(Rüst 1898)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Pseudodictyomitridae
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Pseudodictyomitra carpatica
(Lozyniak 1969)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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? Loopus informal sp. B
Yang 1993
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Xitidae
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Xitus cf. spicularius
(Aliev 1961)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
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Windalia aff. pyrgodes
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Archaeospongoprunidae
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Archaeospongoprunum klingi
Pessagno 1977
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Archaeospongoprunum cortinaensis
Pessagno 1973
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Pseudoaulophacidae
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Godia informal sp. C
Wu 1986
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Godia tuberculata
(Wu and Li 1982)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Alievium helenae
Schaaf 1981
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Hagiastridae
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Tetraditryma aff. praeplena
Baumgartner 1984
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Crucella cf. collina
Jud 1994
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Crucella theokaftensis
Baumgartner 1980
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Higumastra inflata
Baumgartner 1980
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Sponguridae
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? Patellula informal sp. B
Kozlova 1972
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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? Patellula informal sp. C
Kozlova 1972
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1 individual | |||||||||
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? Patellula informal sp. D
Kozlova 1972
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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? Patellula informal sp. E
Kozlova 1972
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Orbiculiformidae
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Spongostaurus compactus
Kiessling 1995
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Tritrabidae
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Tritrabs exotica
(Pessagno 1977)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Tritrabs rhododactylus
Baumgartner 1980
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Parvivaccidae
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Praeconosphaera magnimamma
(Rüst 1898)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Acusten glebulosa
(Foreman 1973)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Acaeniotylopsis informal sp. D
Kito and De Wever 1994
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Acaeniotyle umbilicata
(Rüst 1898)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Praeconocaryommidae
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Praeconocaryomma jiangzeensis
Wu and Li 1982
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
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Spongiomma informal sp. A
Haeckel 1887
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Spongiomma informal sp. F
Haeckel 1887
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16 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Pantanelliidae
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Pantanellium informal sp. A
Pessagno 1977
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Pantanellium riedeli
Pessagno 1977
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Pantanellium nodaculeatum
Steiger 1992
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Angulobracchiidae
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Angulobracchia purisimaensis
(Pessagno 1977)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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? Tritrabs media
(Steiger 1992)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Angulobracchia media | ||||||||||
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? Tritrabs aff. media
(Steiger 1992)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Angulobracchia media | ||||||||||
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? Angulobracchia portmanni
Baumgartner 1984
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10 individuals | |||||||||
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Angulobracchia heteroporata
Steiger 1992
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Paronaella aff. venadoensis
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Paronaella informal sp. C
Pessagno 1971
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Archaeotriastrum mostleri
Kiessling 1995
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Paronaella tubulata
Steiger 1992
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Paronaella cf. solanoensis
Pessagno 1971
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Paronaella pygmaea
Baumgartner 1980
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Deviatus diamphidius
(Foreman 1973)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
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Staurocyclia martini
Rüst 1898
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Patulibracchiidae
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? Homoeoparonaella informal sp. B
Baumgartner 1980
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Amphibracchium informal sp. A
(Hertwig 1879)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Amphibrachium | ||||||||||
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Halesium irregularis
Steiger 1992
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Halesium lineatum
Jud 1994
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Emiluviidae
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Emiluvia pessagnoi
Foreman 1973
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Emiluvia chica
Foreman 1973
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Emiluvia omanensis
Kiessling 1995
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Pyramispongiidae
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Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis
Steiger 1992
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Pyramispongia barmsteinensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Oman |
| Coordinates: | 23.0° North, 57.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.8° South, 43.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wahrah | ||
| Local section: | Jebel Buwaydah | Local bed: | 21 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red lithified chert | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: Red radiolarian chert | |||
| Environment: | basinal (siliceous) | Tectonic setting: | deep ocean basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original silica,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,hydroflouric,sieve,field collection | ||
| Minimum sieve size: | 0.062 | Maximum sieve size: | 0.750 |
| Rock censused: | 8 g | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Taxonomic list comments:Radiolarians only | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 47175 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2005-02-16 09:44:39 | Last modified: | 2005-03-03 08:11:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-16 09:44:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12583. | W. Kiessling. 1995. Palökologische Verwertbarkeit oberjurassisch-unterkretazischer Radiolarienfaunen mit Beispielen aus Antarktis, Oman und Südalpen. Unpublished Ph.D. University of Erlangen, Germany 1-465 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |