Agula-Dongolo (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (13.7° N, 39.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Antalo Limestone Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: W. T. Blanford. 1870. Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94588: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
"Ceromya similis" = Ceratomya, "Ceromya paucilirata n. sp." = Ceratomya, Ceromya concentrica
"Ceromya similis" = Ceratomya clam
"Ceromya paucilirata n. sp." = Ceratomya clam
Ceromya concentrica Sowerby 1825 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
? Isocardia sp.
? Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica Schumacher 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp.
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp., Pholadomya sublirata n. sp., Pholadomya granulifera n. sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Pholadomya sublirata n. sp. Blanford 1870 clam
Pholadomya granulifera n. sp. Blanford 1870 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia costata
Trigonia costata clam
var. pullus
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp., "Modiola imbricata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, "Mytilus tigrensis n. sp." = Falcimytilus tigrensis
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
"Modiola imbricata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
"Mytilus tigrensis n. sp." = Falcimytilus tigrensis Blanford 1870 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp.
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp.
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma Gabb 1868 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp.
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hemicidaris abyssinica n. sp.
Hemicidaris abyssinica n. sp. Blanford 1870 sea urchin
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida indet.
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin