Artículo
Middle–Upper Jurassic marine gastropods from central Saudi Arabia
Fecha de publicación:
07/2018
Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Revista:
Alcheringa
ISSN:
0311-5518
e-ISSN:
1752-0754
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
A total of 68 gastropod specimens are reported from the Middle‒Upper Jurassic sedimentary successions exposed at central Saudi Arabia. The studied material comes from the Tuwaiq Mountain and Hanifa formations at the Khashm al Qaddiyah, Dirab, Jabal al Abakkayn and Maáshabah sections. Thirteen species are identified, described and illustrated. Among them, a new Aporrhais species (A. sauditica sp. nov.) is introduced. In addition, two further possible new Pseudomelania species from the same strata are mentioned. Other members of the assemblage include Kosmomphalus? sp. aff. K. reticulatus Fischer, Bourguetia? sp. aff. B. saemanni (Oppel), Bourguetia? sp., Ampullospira sp., Globularia? sp. cf. G. bajociana Fischer, Purpuroidea sp. aff. P. glabra Morris and Lycett, Purpuroidea sp., Cossmannea sp. aff. C. desvoidyi (d’Orbigny), Cryptoplocus sp. aff. C. depressus (Voltz) and Actaeonina? sp. Stratigraphically, seven species of this gastropod assemblage were only reported from the Middle Jurassic, whereas the other six ones are extending from the Middle to the Upper Jurassic of the studied succession. As compared with their gastropod content, the Khashm al Qaddiyah represents the richest section (33 out of 68 specimens, 48.5%), whereas the Maáshabah section showed an impoverished gastropod assemblage (only three specimens, 4.4%). The species reported here show paleobiogeographical affinities with coeval gastropod assemblages from India, east Africa, Middle East (Israel, the Sinai of Egypt) and western Tethys. The identified species confirm three depositional settings: open shelf lagoon, shoal/fore-shoal and open marine environments. The lower degree of fragmentation, poor sorting and scarcity of abrasion indicate a parautochthonous faunal assemblage.
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Articulos(IPGP)
Articulos de INSTITUTO PATAGONICO DE GEOLOGIA Y PALEONTOLOGIA
Articulos de INSTITUTO PATAGONICO DE GEOLOGIA Y PALEONTOLOGIA
Citación
Ferrari, Silvia Mariel; El-Hedeny, Magdy; Zakhera, Mohamed; El-Sabbagh, Ahmed; Al Farraj, Saleh; Middle–Upper Jurassic marine gastropods from central Saudi Arabia; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Alcheringa; 42; 3; 7-2018; 383-401
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