Where: Somalia (11.1° N, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 33.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bihen Limestone Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)
• 2 levels: lower Callovian unit and upper Argovian unit
• group of beds-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 93015: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Lima cf. schardti de Loriol 1883 file clam | |
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Eligmus jabbokensis oyster
Eligmus polytypus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1856 oyster
"Ostrea (Liostrea) dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859 oyster | |
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
Trigonithyris eruduwensis n. gen. n. sp.
Trigonithyris eruduwensis n. gen. n. sp. Muir-Wood 1935 | |
Sphaeroidothyris browni n. sp., "Cererithyris somaliensis" = Arabatia bihinensis, Bihenithyris barringtoni
Sphaeroidothyris browni n. sp. Muir-Wood 1935
"Cererithyris somaliensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
Bihenithyris barringtoni Muir-Wood 1935 | |
"Loboidothyris cf. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis
"Loboidothyris cf. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis Weir 1929 | |
Burmirhynchia weiri, Burmirhynchia cavagnarii, Somalirhynchia tumida, Daghanirhynchia macfadyeni, Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis
Burmirhynchia weiri Diaz-Romero 1931
Burmirhynchia cavagnarii Diaz-Romero 1931
Somalirhynchia tumida Muir-Wood 1935
Daghanirhynchia macfadyeni Muir-Wood 1935
Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis Muir-Wood 1935 | |