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Kharaib - Middle
Formation | Kharaib |
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Member | Middle |
Age: | 130 - 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Barremian - Early Aptian |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 3 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Central Jebel Akhdar | Kharaib - Middle |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Shuaiba | 125 - 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | limestone, packstone/grainstone, wackestone/packstone, packstone/wackestone | 14 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Offneria sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Caprinidae : Offneria | 130 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Masse J. P., Chartrousse A., et al (1998) The Lower Cretaceous (Upper Barremian-Lower Aptian) caprinid rudists from Northern Oman, Géobios 22, 211-223 |
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!