Shaqra Group (middle Dhruma D4,base) (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)
Where: Saudi Arabia (24.2° N, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 34.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dhruma Formation (Shaqra Group), Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• The Dhruma Fm essentially is composed of limestones and clayey rocks in its central outcrop zone but passes to detrial facies northwards and southwards
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 45394: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 20.10.2004