Where: Ethiopia (9.5° N, 38.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° S, 23.9° 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 94587: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809 | |
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lima cf. harronis" = Plagiostoma harronis
"Lima cf. harronis" = Plagiostoma harronis Dacque 1905 file clam | |
"Alectryonia rastellaris" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Alectryonia pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia rastellaris" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Alectryonia pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell |