Where: Ethiopia (8.3° N, 41.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° S, 26.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: E. Dacque. 1905. Beiträge zur Geologie des Somalilandes, 2. Teil. Oberer Jura [Contributions to the geology of Somaliland, Part 2. Upper Jurassic]. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 17:119-160 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94584: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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Belemnites sp. belemnite | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria neosolodurina Dacque 1905 snail | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam | |
"Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica
"Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle | |
"Corbis subclathrata" = Fimbria
"Corbis subclathrata" = Fimbria clam | |
"Lucina rugosa" = Mactromya rugosa
"Lucina rugosa" = Mactromya rugosa Roemer 1836 clam | |
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844 clam | |
"Mytiloida indet." = Mytilida2
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Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri Dacque 1905 scallop | |
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Macrodon rufae Dacque 1905 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Waldheimia humeralis" = Zeilleria humeralis
"Waldheimia humeralis" = Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839 | |
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 | |
Waldheimia schlosseri n. sp.
Waldheimia schlosseri n. sp. Dacque 1905 | |
"Terebratula (Pygope) nucleata" = Nucleata nucleata
"Terebratula (Pygope) nucleata" = Nucleata nucleata Schlotheim 1820 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Berenicea somalica n. sp.
Berenicea somalica n. sp. Dacque 1905 |