Where: Kenya (4.0° S, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 19.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Strenoceras niortense ammonoid zone, Kambe Formation, Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with pyrite
Primary reference: A. Galácz. 2017. Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) ammonites of stratigraphical and Palaeobiogeographical importance from Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Geodiversitas 39(4):717-727 [A. Kocsis/A. Kocsis]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191124: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Adam Kocsis on 10.01.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculidae indet. Gray 1824 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Lissoceras oolithicum d'Orbigny 1846 ammonite | |
Trimarginia sp. Arkell 1952 ammonite | |
Spiroceras annulatum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Nannolytoceras polyhelictum Böckh 1881 ammonite | |
Leptosphinctes cf. schmiereri Bentz 1924 ammonite | |
Masckeites cf. psilacanthoides Sandoval 1983 ammonite
Normannites egyptiacus Arkell 1952 ammonite | |
Holcophylloceras zignodianum d'Orbigny 1848 ammonite
Phylloceras trifoliatum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Ptychophylloceras cf. longarae ammonite |