Daghani, Bed 227 (USNM) (Jurassic of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (10.3° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 29.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bihen Limestone Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, brown, gray limestone

• lithology based on existing Bed 227 collection (see PaleoDB collection 92998)

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: X. Shi and R. E. Grant. 1993. Jurassic rhynchonellids: internal structures and taxonomic revisions. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 73:1-190 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159791: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 09.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis