Where: Ethiopia (8.4° N, 41.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° S, 26.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• 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 94585: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Pseudocidaris ellenbecki n. sp.
Pseudocidaris ellenbecki n. sp. Dacque 1905 sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 | |
Polychaeta | |
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820 | |
Serpula cf. conformis Goldfuss 1829 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiola subangustissima n. sp." = Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus, Mytilus subpectinatus, "Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola subangustissima n. sp." = Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus Dacque 1905 mussel
Mytilus subpectinatus D'Orbigny 1850 mussel
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Macrodon rufae n. sp.
Macrodon rufae n. sp. Dacque 1905 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Exogyra bruntrutana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra bruntrutana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
"Alectryonia pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Pecten sp., Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri n. sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri n. sp. Dacque 1905 scallop | |
Lima cf. moeschi Loriol 1881 file clam | |
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844 clam | |
"Corbis subclathrata" = Fimbria
"Corbis subclathrata" = Fimbria clam | |
"Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica
"Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus bisulcatus n. sp." = Somalinautilus antiquus, "Nautilus ennianus n. sp." = Paracenoceras ennianum
"Nautilus bisulcatus n. sp." = Somalinautilus antiquus Dacque 1910 nautiloid
"Nautilus ennianus n. sp." = Paracenoceras ennianum Dacque 1905 nautiloid | |
Belemnites sp. belemnite | |
"Perisphinctes cf. hetaerus" = Nebrodites hetaerus, Perisphinctes breviceps, Perisphinctes choffati n. sp., Perisphinctes roubyanus, Perisphinctes gallarum n. sp., Perisphinctes cf. abadiensis, "Perisphinctes stenocyclus" = Dichotomosphinctes stenocyclus, Perisphinctes arussiorum n. sp.
"Perisphinctes cf. hetaerus" = Nebrodites hetaerus Herbich 1878 ammonite
Perisphinctes breviceps ammonite
Perisphinctes choffati n. sp. Dacque 1905 ammonite
Perisphinctes roubyanus Fontannes 1879 ammonite
Perisphinctes gallarum n. sp. Dacque 1905 ammonite
Perisphinctes cf. abadiensis Choffat 1893 ammonite
"Perisphinctes stenocyclus" = Dichotomosphinctes stenocyclus Fontannes 1879 ammonite
Perisphinctes arussiorum n. sp. Dacque 1905 ammonite | |
"Aspidoceras argobbae n. sp." = Simaspidoceras argobbae, Aspidoceras altenense, Aspidoceras "sp. 1", Aspidoceras "sp. 2", Aspidoceras supraspinosum n. sp., Aspidoceras somalicum n. sp., Aspidoceras irregulare n. sp.
"Aspidoceras argobbae n. sp." = Simaspidoceras argobbae Dacque 1905 ammonite
Aspidoceras altenense ammonite
Aspidoceras "sp. 1" Zittel ammonite
Aspidoceras "sp. 2" Zittel ammonite
Aspidoceras supraspinosum n. sp. Dacque 1905 ammonite
Aspidoceras somalicum n. sp. Dacque 1905 ammonite
Aspidoceras irregulare n. sp. Dacque 1905 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria neosolodurina n. sp.
Pleurotomaria neosolodurina n. sp. Dacque 1905 snail | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Natica cf. eudora D'Orbigny 1850 moon snail | |
Harpagodes sp. Gill 1870 snail | |
Bourguetia striata Sowerby 1812 snail |