Buraydah - Al-Faydah 02KH22 (Triassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (26.0° N, 44.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 40.6° E)

When: Khartam Member (Khuff Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, muddy limestone

• Deep subtidal zone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical, acetic,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin-Soleau, D. Vaslet, and Y. M. Le Nindre. 2005. Ostracods as markers of the Permian/Triassic boundary in the Khuff Formation of Saudi Arabia. Palaeontology 48(4):853-868 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87279: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
? Haworthina "sp. 1" Kellett 1935 ostracod
? Haworthina "sp. 2" Kellett 1935 ostracod
? Haworthina "sp. 3" Kellett 1935 ostracod
? Haworthina "sp. 4" Kellett 1935 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Spinocypris "sp. 1" Kozur 1971 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
? Acratia "sp. 2" Delo 1930 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia "sp. 1" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 4" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 1" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella herrickana Girty 1909 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae
 Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae
Shemonaella "sp. 1" Sohn 1971 ostracod