ammonites
Saso Island, upper Marly limestone (locality F) (Pleistocene to of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (16.9° N, 41.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 41.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kamaran Member (Abbas Formation), Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• upper portion of the marly limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55374: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 13.10.2005

Saso Island, upper Marly limestone (locality F): Pleistocene - Holocene, Yemen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cypraeoidea - Cypraeidae
Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Tonnoidea - Ranellidae
Cymatium (Ranularia) trilineatum
original and current combination Ranularia
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cristagalli (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Lopha cristagalli
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys squamosa
Chlamys squamata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Chlamys (Azumapecten) squamata
Chlamys (Aequipecten) sanguinolenta (Gmelin 1791)
Chlamys senatoria (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Mimachlamys senatoria
Chlamys (Aequipecten) lessepsii
original and current combination Aequipecten
Spondylus marisrubi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula menkeana Finlay 1927
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira tumida
see common names

Geography
Country:Yemen
Coordinates: 16.9° North, 41.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.9° North, 41.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary
Key time interval:Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval:2.588 - 0.0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Abbas Member:Kamaran
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: upper portion of the marly limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:55374
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Kosnik Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-10-13 00:27:01 Last modified:2007-01-28 22:06:56
Access level:the public Released:2005-10-13 00:27:01
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Reference information
Primary reference:
14874 R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

14873 W. A. Macfadyen. 1930. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Gizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 1.- General geology. Geological Magazine 67:310-315 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]