PBDB Collection

Jima River (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (9.4° N, 38.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 24.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, muddy limestone

• grey marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: K. Futterer. 1897. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Jura in Ost-Afrika, IV. Der Jura von Schoa (Süd-Abessinien) [Jurassic of East Africa, IV. Jurassic of Schoa (southern Abyssinia)]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 49:568-627 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94491: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae	Acrocidaris nobilis¹ Acrocidaris nobilis¹ sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae	"Terebratula (Waldheimia) humeralis" = Zeilleria humeralis, Zeilleria egena¹ "Terebratula (Waldheimia) humeralis" = Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839 Zeilleria egena¹ Bayle 1878
Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae	"Terebratula suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis, "Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella¹ "Terebratula suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis Thurmann 1862 "Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella¹ Leymerie 1846
Gastropoda
Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae	Pleurotomaria sp. Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Turbo sp. Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae	"Natica hemisphaerica" = Globularia hemisphaerica "Natica hemisphaerica" = Globularia hemisphaerica Roemer 1836 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Natica cf. dubia, Natica cf. eudora, Natica vicinalis Natica cf. dubia Roemer 1836 moon snail Natica cf. eudora D'Orbigny 1850 moon snail Natica vicinalis Thurmann and Etallon 1861 moon snail
Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae	"Pterocera sp." = Lambis¹ "Pterocera sp." = Lambis¹ Röding 1798 conch
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Harpagodes cf. thirriae, Cuphosolenus cf. dyoniseus, Chenopus cf. ornatus Harpagodes cf. thirriae snail Cuphosolenus cf. dyoniseus Buvignier 1852 snail listed as Cyphosolenus dyoniseus Chenopus cf. ornatus Buvignier 1852 snail
Bivalvia
- Aviculidae	Avicula cf. gessneri Avicula cf. gessneri Thurmann 1840 clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiola pantanellii n. sp., "Lithophagus cf. vietus" = Modiola (Lithophagus), "Mytilus perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata, Mytilus jurensis, Mytilus jurensis², Mytilus aff. subpectinatus Modiola pantanellii n. sp. Futterer 1897 mussel "Lithophagus cf. vietus" = Modiola (Lithophagus) mussel "Mytilus perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863 mussel Mytilus jurensis Merian 1836 mussel Mytilus jurensis² Merian 1836 mussel Mytilus aff. subpectinatus D'Orbigny 1850 mussel
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Hinnites (Pleuronectites) inaequistriatus Hinnites (Pleuronectites) inaequistriatus scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima (Radula) subdensepunctata n. sp., "Lima (Radula) cf. virgulina" = Lima, Lima (Radula) cf. aequilatera, Lima (Radula) densepunctata Lima (Radula) subdensepunctata n. sp. Futterer 1897 file clam "Lima (Radula) cf. virgulina" = Lima file clam Lima (Radula) cf. aequilatera Buvignier 1852 file clam Lima (Radula) densepunctata Roemer 1836 file clam
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula sp. Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna sp., Pinna constantini Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Pinna constantini de Loriol and Pellat 1874 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana², Exogyra sp., Gryphaea sp. "Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana² Sowerby 1822 oyster Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
Arcida - Arcidae	Arca cf. sublata, Arca cf. choffati Arca cf. sublata Thurmann and Etallon 1862 ark Arca cf. choffati Thurmann and Etallon 1863 ark
Cardiida - Cardiidae	"Cardium bannesianum" = Integricardium bannesianum, "Cardium bannesianum" = Integricardium bannesianum², Cardium sp., Cardium cf. moricinum "Cardium bannesianum" = Integricardium bannesianum Contejean 1859 cockle listed as C. banneianum "Cardium bannesianum" = Integricardium bannesianum² Contejean 1859 cockle Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium cf. moricinum de Loriol 1866 cockle
Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae	"Isocardia striata" = Ceratomyopsis striata "Isocardia striata" = Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
Pholadida - Ceratomyidae	"Ceromya paucilirata" = Ceratomya, "Ceromya orbicularis" = Ceratomya, "Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica "Ceromya paucilirata" = Ceratomya clam "Ceromya orbicularis" = Ceratomya clam "Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam
Pandorida - Laternulidae	Plectomya harmevillensis, Cercomya schoensis n. sp. Plectomya harmevillensis clam Cercomya schoensis n. sp. Futterer 1897 clam
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei, Pholadomya paucicosta, Pholadomya ragazzii, Pholadomya cf. acuminata, Pholadomya cuneiformis n. sp., "Pholadomya (Goniomya) cf. constricta" = Goniomya "Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam Pholadomya paucicosta Roemer 1836 clam Pholadomya ragazzii Pantanelli 1888 clam Pholadomya cf. acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam Pholadomya cuneiformis n. sp. Futterer 1897 clam "Pholadomya (Goniomya) cf. constricta" = Goniomya clam
Thraciida - Thraciidae	Thracia incerta Thracia incerta Thurmann 1836 clam
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Mactromya quadrata², "? Unicardium verioti" = Mactromya verioti, ? Unicardium excentricum Mactromya quadrata² Rollier 1913 clam "? Unicardium verioti" = Mactromya verioti Buvignier 1852 clam ? Unicardium excentricum clam

¹Douville 1886; ²Jaboli 1959