Qoton (Mergalleh Limestone): Kimmeridgian, Somalia
collected by V.G. Glenday

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Lophrothyris ? suprajurensis (Thurmann 1862)
1 specimen
recombined as Xestosina suprajurensis
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria egena Bayle 1878
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus (Dacque 1905)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Velata inaequistriata (Futterer 1897)
1 fragment
fragment of a cast
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Plagiostoma) cf. astartina (Thurmann 1859)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Somalia
Coordinates: 10.4° North, 43.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.7° South, 28.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mergalleh Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: thin bedded, compact limestone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:V.G. Glenday
Collection method comments: Repository: Hunterian Museum
Metadata
Database number:161810
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Manojlovic
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-13 13:34:03 Last modified:2014-09-13 13:34:31
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-13 13:34:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52567. 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]