Sample 72 (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (13.6° N, 39.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: AL2 Member (Antalo Formation), Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite, replaced with silica

Collected in 2007; reposited in the MfN

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: W. Kiessling, D. K. Pandey, M. Schemm-Gregory, H. Mewis, and M. Aberhan. 2011. Marine benthic invertebrates from the Upper Jurassic of northern Ethiopia and their biogeographic affinities. Journal of African Earth Sciences 59:195-214 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93858: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Stegoconcha gmuelleri Krenkel 1910 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia sp. Weir 1925
Daghanirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935
Cymatorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Monsardithyris sp. Alméras 1970
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Cererithyris sp. Buckman 1917