Where: Ethiopia (10.0° N, 38.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.1° S, 28.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: H. Douville. 1886. Examen des fossiles rapportes du Choa par M. Aubry [Examination of the fossils brought from Choa by M. Aubry]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 14:223-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94591: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella" edwardsi Chapuis and Dewalque 1853 | |
"Rhynchonella morierei" = Kutchirhynchia morieri
"Rhynchonella morierei" = Kutchirhynchia morieri Davidson 1852 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiola aspera" = Modiolus, "Modiola cf. imbricata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiola aspera" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiola cf. imbricata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Exogyra imbricata oyster | |
"Ceromya paucilirata" = Ceratomya
"Ceromya paucilirata" = Ceratomya clam | |
Trigonia pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnopsis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite |