Amarti (Jurassic to of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (14.3° N, 41.1° E: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 27.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Diaz-Romero. 1931. Contributo allo studio della fauna Giurese della Dancalia centrale [The Jurassic fauna of the central Danakil]. Palaeontographia Italica 31:1-61 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94568: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Kallirhynchia cavagnarii n. sp." = Burmirhynchia cavagnarii, "? Kallirhynchia weiri n. sp." = Burmirhynchia weiri, Somalirhynchia smelliei, Somalirhynchia africana
"Kallirhynchia cavagnarii n. sp." = Burmirhynchia cavagnarii Diaz-Romero 1931
"? Kallirhynchia weiri n. sp." = Burmirhynchia weiri Diaz-Romero 1931
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"? Lophrothyris suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis, "Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"? Lophrothyris suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis Thurmann 1862
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
? Loboidothyris vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
Mytilus cf. autissiodorensis Cotteau 1853 mussel
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha cf. solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha cf. solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Exogyra vinassai" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Exogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Exogyra vinassai" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Exogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster