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Locality 66, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 23.28,46.645 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Locality 66, Wadi Birk (Aramco S-1115) | Arkell W. J. (1952) | Hanifa | 52.7 m above the top of the Tuwaiq Mountain limestone | "limestone" | 161.2 - 155.7 Ma Jurassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Perisphinctes sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perisphinctidae : Perisphinctes | 161.2 - 155.7 Ma Jurassic |
References
Arkell W. J. (1952) Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236, 241-313 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!