Where: Somalia (10.2° N, 43.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 27.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: basal Member (Sa Wer Formation), Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 163.5 Ma)
• samples 284-290
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: E. Abbate, G. Ficcarelli, C. Pirini Radrizzani, A. Salvietti, D. Torre and A. Turi. 1974. Jurassic sequences from the Somali coast of the Gulf of Aden. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 80(3):409-478 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100366: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Ptyctothyris quillyensis Bayle 1879 | |
Daghanirhynchia subversabilis Weir 1925 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Ampullella sp." = Ampullina
"Ampullella sp." = Ampullina FĂ©russac 1822 snail | |
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemicidaris macfadyeni sea urchin |