Sample GS 3: Late/Upper Oxfordian, Ethiopia
collected 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma sublaeviusculum
(Krumbeck 1905)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) somaliensis
(Cox 1935)
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5 individuals | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea crassoramosa
(Michelin 1843)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Ovalastrea michelini
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 13.6° North, 39.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.7° South, 26.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 157.90000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | lithified marl | ||
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with calcite,replaced with silica |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MfN | Collection dates: | March 2007 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93866 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-05 06:50:52 | Last modified: | 2010-03-24 10:24:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-05 06:50:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31428. | W. Kiessling, D. K. Pandey, M. Schemm-Gregory, H. Mewis, and M. Aberhan. 2011. Marine benthic invertebrates from the Upper Jurassic of northern Ethiopia and their biogeographic affinities. Journal of African Earth Sciences 59:195-214 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |