Also known as Reef 577
Where: Oman (23.3° N, 57.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 43.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sahtan Group, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1977. Die "Lithiotis-Kalke" im Bereich der unterjurassischen Tethys [The "Lithiotis Limestones" in the Lower Jurassic Tethys realm]. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 153(3):304-340 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68356: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Calamophyllia cf. stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi
"Calamophyllia cf. stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Durga sp." = Pachyrisma (Durga)
"Durga sp." = Pachyrisma (Durga) clam | |
Opisoma sp. Stoliczka 1871 clam | |
Lithiotis sp. Gümbel 1871 oyster | |
Perna sp. Retzius 1788 mussel |