Where: Somalia (10.3° N, 42.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° S, 27.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: intermediate Member (Sa Wer Formation), Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• sample 158-159
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone 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 100383: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Lophrothyris cf. subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Lophrothyris cf. subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cossmannea somaliensis" = Nerinea somaliensis
"Cossmannea somaliensis" = Nerinea somaliensis Weir 1925 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Protocardia somaliensis Cox 1935 cockle |