Bihendula (basal echinoid Bihin limestone) (Jurassic to of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (10.2° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 30.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bihin Limestone Formation, Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous, muddy limestone

• limestone, gritty and shaly in parts

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by V.G. Glenday

• Repository: Hunterian Museum

Primary reference: J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161481: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 06.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Clypeus cf. rostellus
Clypeus cf. rostellus Currie 1925 sea urchin
fragmentary specimens
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Burmirhynchia gregoryi n. sp." = Kutchirhynchia gregoryi, Cymatorhynchia ? quadriplicata, "Burmirhynchia subversabilis" = Daghanirhynchia subversabilis
"Burmirhynchia gregoryi n. sp." = Kutchirhynchia gregoryi Weir 1929
"Burmirhynchia subversabilis" = Daghanirhynchia subversabilis Weir 1925
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Plectoidothyris ? venticosa
Plectoidothyris ? venticosa
immature specimen
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Loboidothyris aethiopica n. sp., Loboidothyris cf. perovalis, "Charltonithyris africana n. sp." = Arabatia africana, "Charltonithyris bihinensis n. sp." = Arabatia bihinensis, "Cererithyris somaliensis n. sp." = Arabatia bihinensis, Ptyctothyris quillyensis
Loboidothyris aethiopica n. sp. Weir 1929
Loboidothyris (?) aethiopica, nov.
"Charltonithyris africana n. sp." = Arabatia africana Weir 1929
holotype and an immature shell
"Charltonithyris bihinensis n. sp." = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
"Cererithyris somaliensis n. sp." = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
"Cererithyris wylliei n. sp." = Tubithyris wylliei, "Loboidothyris aff. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis
"Cererithyris wylliei n. sp." = Tubithyris wylliei Weir 1929
3 (1 holotype and 2 paratypes), 1 specimen figured in 1925
"Loboidothyris aff. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis Weir 1929
Loboidothyris (?) aff. jubaensis
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. anonii
Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. anonii Greppin 1899 file clam
"Lima (Plagiostoma) sp. aff. anonii" cast of a large shell with portions of test adhering
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Heligmus integer, Heligmus asiaticus
Heligmus integer Douvillé 1916 oyster
Heligmus asiaticus Douville 1916 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra cf. davidsoni
Exogyra cf. davidsoni Whidborne 1883 oyster
left valve