Jebel Billum I-3 (Cretaceous of Yemen)
Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.5° S, 33.2° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Qishn Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• middle part
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
• lithology described as limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 2578: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.07.1999
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Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Harpagodes sp. Gill 1870 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"cf. Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster originally entered as "Exogyra cf. tuberculifera"
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Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam | |
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Pholadomya valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1864 clam |