Dadacha Korma Adaui: Kimmeridgian, Kenya
collected by V.G. Glenday
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Plagiostoma) cf. astartina
(Thurmann 1859)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Lima (Plagiostoma) harronis
(Dacque 1905)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Plagiostoma harronis | ||||||||||
| 1 left valve | ||||||||||
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Lima (Plagiostoma) notata
(de Loriol 1878)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Septirhynchiidae
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Stolmorhynchia ? azaisi
(Cottreau 1924)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Septirhynchia azaisi | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia stefaninii
Weir 1929
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 40.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.1° South, 23.5° 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: | Daua Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: rubbly limestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| 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: | 161811 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-09-13 13:41:43 | Last modified: | 2020-05-22 15:26:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-13 13:41:43 |
| 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] |