Shaqra Group (Hanifa Fm.) (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)
Where: Saudi Arabia (23.1° N, 46.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 33.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ulayyah Mb.2 Member (Hanifa Formation), Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• The Hanifa Formation consisting of a lower carbonate and clayey part with more confined environment and a more calcareous and locally reefal upper part shows a further transgressive trend.
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 45903: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 13.12.2004