Shaqra Group (Jubaila Lst. Unite Ju1) (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (24.8° N, 46.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 7.8° S, 44.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Junite Ju 1b Moitié inférieure Member (Jubaila Lst. Formation), Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• The Jubaila Lst. of early Kimmeridgian age, consists of limestone incorporating sandy facies to the south and northwest margins on the shelf, characterized commonly by reworking associated with violent terrigenous influx.
• intraclastic limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Manivit, Y.-M. Le Nindre, and D. Vaslet. 1990. Le Jurassique D`Arabie Centrale. Document du BRGM 4(194):25-519 [F. Fursich/S. Hicks/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45575: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 14.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp., Perisphinctes jubailensis, Perisphinctes aff. jubailensis
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
=sp.5
Perisphinctes jubailensis Arkell 1952 ammonite
Perisphinctes aff. jubailensis Arkell 1952 ammonite
=sp.1
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Robertinida - Epistominidae
Epistomina sp.
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Nautiloculinidae
Nautiloculina sp.
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938
 Textulariina - Pfenderinidae
Kurnubia ex gr. wellingsi