Also known as Dikatch
Where: Somalia (1.8° N, 42.3° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 24.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Juba Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• Oxfordian-Corallian based on belemnites and C. helvetica.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, blue limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by V.G. Glenday
• Repository: Hunterian Museum
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161487: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 06.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra cf. wetzleri, "Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Exogyra cf. wetzleri Boehm 1882 oyster | |
Mytilus (Pharomytilus) glendayi n. sp. Weir 1929 mussel | |
Mactromya rugosa Roemer 1836 clam | |
Thracia viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
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Myoconcha ? sp. Sowerby 1824 clam | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Loboidothyris jubaensis n. sp." = Tubithyris jubaensis
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Aulacothyris jubaensis n. sp.
Aulacothyris jubaensis n. sp. Weir 1929 |