List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Volzeiidae
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Thecosmilia subdichotoma
(Münster 1841)
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| recombined as Volzeia subdichotoma | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pamiroseriidae
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Thamnasteria rectilamellosa
(Winckler 1861)
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| recombined as Pamiroseris rectilamellosa | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Allorhynchidae
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Hagabirhynchia arabica
Jefferies 1961
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Diplospirellidae
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Misolia noetlingii
(Bittner 1899)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Spiriferinidae
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Spiriferina abichi
Oppel 1865
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophoriidae
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Costatoria omanica
(Diener 1908)
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Myophoria verbeeki
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| subsp. mansuyi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus jaworskii
(Wanner and Knipscheer 1951)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Lopha blanfordi
(Lees 1928)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Indopecten amusiiformis
Hudson and Jefferies 1961
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula misolensis
Jaworski 1915
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| recombined as Palaeonucula misolensis | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Coordinates: | 25.8° North, 56.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.8° South, 42.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Elphinstone | Formation: | Ghalilah | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: originally entered as Norian, but said to be early to middle Norian (= Lacian to Alaunian) by the authors | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: alternationg beds of marly limestone, sandy marl, sandstone and limestone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 85019 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-11-21 05:27:43 | Last modified: | 2012-08-28 23:05:46 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-11-21 05:27:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28537. | M. R. Sandy and F. Aly. 2000. A southern Tethyan brachiopod fauna from the Late Triassic of the United Arab Emirates. Geobios 33(5):561-567 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 26431 | W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |