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Jebel Kibrit, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia

FormationJebel Kibrit
Member(s)Wadi Waqb
Age:16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
IntervalMiddle Miocene
Lithologylimestone/framestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences5

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Al BadaTabuk Region, Saudi ArabiaJebel Kibrit
Wadi AynounaTabuk Region, Saudi ArabiaJebel Kibrit - Wadi Waqb

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Diploastrea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastreidae : Diploastrea15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Tarbellastraea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Dipsastraea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dipsastraea15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Favites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Porites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Echinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Bivalvia
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Arcidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Cardiidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Lucinidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Lithophaga sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Lithophaga15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Dosinia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Dosinia15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Meretrix sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Meretrix15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Gastropoda
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Conus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Foraminifera
phylum
2Foraminifera15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Lithothamnion sp.
genus
6Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Lithothamnion15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Mesophyllum sp.
genus
6Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Mesophyllum15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene

References

Al-Kahtany K. M. (2017) Facies development of the Middle Miocene reefal limestone in northwest Saudi Arabia, Journal of African Earth Sciences doi:10.1016/ j.jafrearsci.2017.03.012
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