Cox - 140 (N.E. Kenya) (Jurassic of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 41.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 23.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Muddo Erri Limestones Member, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• Callovian [?-Lower Oxfordian]

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36468: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis, Brachidontes asper
"Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
Brachidontes asper Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys curvivarians, Camptonectes auritus, "Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus
Chlamys curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop
Camptonectes auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
"Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata, Plagiostoma cf. biiniensis, Plagiostoma cf. jumaraensis, Plagiostoma cf. schardti, Plagiostoma sp.
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus rollandi
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp., Liostrea alimena
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis basochiana
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya concentrica
Ceratomya concentrica Sowerby 1822 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp., Pholadomya ovalis
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Pholadomya ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya aequalis
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria sp., Lucina cf. lirata
Fimbria sp. Mühlfeldt 1811 clam
"B"
Lucina cf. lirata Phillips 1829 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp.
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam