Where: Ethiopia (9.5° N, 42.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 27.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• level 2: 2125-2200 m, "Oolite inferiore"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Jaboli. 1959. Fossili Giurassici dell'Harar (Africa Orientale): Brachiopodi, Lamellibranchi e Gasteropodi [Jurassic fossils from Harar (Eastern Africa): brachiopods, lamellibranchs and gastropods]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):3-100 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93482: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
"Mytilus (Musculus) somaliensis" = Musculus somaliensis
"Mytilus (Musculus) somaliensis" = Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel | |
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
"Arctostrea rastellaris" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Arctostrea rastellaris" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten Fischer 1886 scallop | |
Mactromya cf. aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula bisuffarcinata Noetling 1887 | |
Anthozoa | |
Latomeandra mayeri Koby 1885 stony coral |