Jijiga (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (9.3° N, 42.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 27.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zuffardi-Comerci. 1959. Corallari e Idrozoi giurassici degli altipiani Hararini [Jurassic corals and Hydrozoa from the Harar Plateau]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):199-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93540: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral