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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella morierei" = Kutchirhynchia morieri
"Rhynchonella morierei" = Kutchirhynchia morieri Davidson 1852 | |
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra imbricata oyster | |
Pholadomya aubryi n. sp., Pholadomya carinata
Pholadomya aubryi n. sp. Douville 1886 clam
Pholadomya carinata Goldfuss 1838 clam |