Shaqra Group (Jubaila Lst.) (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)
Where: Saudi Arabia (25.5° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 33.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Unite Ju 1 Member (Jubaila Lst. Formation), Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic, sandy 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.
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 45707: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 26.11.2004