Grande Ilalami (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (9.4° N, 42.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 26.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• 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 93532: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia costulata Koby 1881 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae