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Marine macro-invertebrate fossils from the Lower Hanifa Formation (Hawtah Member), central Saudi Arabia

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The stratigraphy and macrofaunal content of the Lower Hanifa Formation (Hawtah Member) were studied at three localities: Al-Ghat, Jabal Al-abakkayn, and Al-Gaddiyah, central Saudi Arabia. The studied succession is conquered by limestone, calcareous shales, and several beds of tightly cemented calcarenites on oncolitic bed. The basal 5–8 m of the Member are significantly more shaley. Hawtah Member is highly fossiliferous, comprising brachiopods, gastropods, bivalves, ammonites, and echinoids. Twenty-seven species are recognized, including 7 species of corals, 8 brachiopods, 2 gastropods, 5 bivalves, and 5 cephalopods. Several taxa among the identified fauna are correlated with adjacent equivalent units.

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This work was carried out at the King Saud University as a part of MSc thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Abdulmalik El-Khayal. The author is very grateful to Prof. Dr. Okla, King Saud University for his help in running the optical photomicrographs of the thin sections. Grateful thanks to Prof. Dr. Wayn Hughes, Aramco, Saudi Arabia for his numerous stimulating discussions and helpful suggestions on taxonomic problems and identifications. Many thanks are also given to Mr. Husain Salem, Geology Department for his kind assistance, Mr. Manuel Reyes, who photographed hand specimens and Mr. Art Palustre for taking the SEM Micrographs at college of dentistry and the staff of Geology Department, King Saud University. John Whittaker, Noel Morris, Clive Jones and Ellis Owen from the Natural History Museum in London must be mentioned for their assistances in identifications.

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Aba Alkhayl, S.S. Marine macro-invertebrate fossils from the Lower Hanifa Formation (Hawtah Member), central Saudi Arabia. Arab J Geosci 15, 1410 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10581-w

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