Hatchamie (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (9.9° N, 38.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 28.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: H. Douville. 1886. Examen des fossiles rapportes du Choa par M. Aubry [Examination of the fossils brought from Choa by M. Aubry]. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 14:223-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94589: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Rhynchonella morierei" = Kutchirhynchia morieri
"Rhynchonella morierei" = Kutchirhynchia morieri Davidson 1852
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya aubryi n. sp. Douville 1886 clam
Pholadomya carinata Goldfuss 1838 clam