Where: Somalia (10.6° N, 43.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° S, 27.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: basal Member (Sa Wer Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• samples 89-96
• bed-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 100386: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cossmannea somaliensis" = Nerinea somaliensis
"Cossmannea somaliensis" = Nerinea somaliensis Weir 1925 snail | |
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail | |
"Pterocera sp." = Lambis
"Pterocera sp." = Lambis Röding 1798 conch | |
Echinoidea | |
Clypeus williei sea urchin | |
Recrosalenia somaliensis Currie 1935 sea urchin |