Also known as Cox - 149 (N.E. Kenya)
Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 41.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° S, 23.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rahmu Shales Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
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 36477: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Plagiostoma rahmuensis n. sp.
Plagiostoma rahmuensis n. sp. file clam | |
Camptonectes auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
Stegoconcha sp. Böhm 1907 oyster | |
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Falcimytilus jurensis mussel | |
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam |