Wadi Kilya-2 (Cretaceous of Yemen)
Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.6° S, 33.3° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Orbitolina Limestone Member (Qishn Formation), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• loose (fossils collected as float?)
Environment/lithology: limestone
• lithology described as limestone
Primary reference: M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2568: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999
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Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Harpagodes sp. Gill 1870 snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1864 clam | |
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop | |
? Amphidonte sp., "cf. Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
"cf. Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster originally entered as "Exogyra cf. tuberculifera"
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Rhynchonellata | |
Zittelina sp. n. sp.
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