Wadi Arus III-1 (Jurassic to of Yemen)
Where: Wadi Hajar, Yemen (14.3° N, 48.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.6° S, 31.5° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kilya Member (Naifa Formation), Tithonian to Tithonian (150.8 - 150.8 Ma)
• Astarte Bed, 0.3 m below top
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: calcareous shale and limestone
• lithology described as interbedded marls and limestones
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 2616: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 12.07.1999