Where: Ethiopia (8.6° N, 42.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 26.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• "Oolite inferiore"
• group of beds-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 93530: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Burgundia corrugata Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 demosponge | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
Nerinea somaliensis Weir 1925 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, "Mytilus (Pharomytilus) perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata
"Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
"Mytilus (Pharomytilus) perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863 mussel | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella (Septirhynchia) azaisi" = Septirhynchia azaisi
"Rhynchonella (Septirhynchia) azaisi" = Septirhynchia azaisi Cottreau 1924 |