Where: Somalia (10.3° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 29.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bihen Limestone Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1935. Jurassic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 148-197 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92996: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
Mactromya daghaniensis n. sp.
Mactromya daghaniensis n. sp. Cox 1935 clam | |
Lucina cf. lirata Phillips 1829 clam | |
Eocallista krenkeli Cox 1935 clam |