Gerigoan, 142 (Jurassic of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (10.3° N, 42.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.3° S, 39.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: basal Member (Sa Wer Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• sample 142

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified marl

• well-bedded yellowish calcarenite and sandy marls, very fine, light gray limestones, sometimes dolomitized

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 100380: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Clypeus williei
Clypeus williei sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia somaliensis
Protocardia somaliensis Cox 1935 cockle