Geydamo River, Member 2, Scree Collections (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (13.6° N, 39.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collected in 2007; reposited in the MfN

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Scree collection

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94326: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Coenastraea arabica El-Asa'ad 1991 stony coral
LS GO 2
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
LG A2 R, LS A2,
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastrea greppini Koby 1885 stony coral
LG 42
Ovalastrea michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
LS GO A2
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Cryptocoenia slovenica" = Adelocoenia parvistella
"Cryptocoenia slovenica" = Adelocoenia parvistella Alloiteau 1961 stony coral
LG O1, LS AB
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
LS A2 Th and ThG