Cox - 157 (N.E. Kenya) (Jurassic of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (3.4° N, 40.9° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 23.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Golberobe Beds Member, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• 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 36485: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp.
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sowerbianus, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, "Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis, Falcimytilus tifoensis, Falcimytilus dietrichi
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
"Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
Falcimytilus dietrichi Cox 1965 mussel
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella siliqua
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha tifoensis, Lopha sp.
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp.
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam