Besola River: Tithonian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelyidae indet. Rütimeyer 1873
left costal, BS-96-15/UCMP 170811 and other shell fragments
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
two incomplete teeth, BS-96-1A/UCMP 170809 - 170810
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10.3° North, 39.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.4° South, 36.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Tithonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 6
Key time interval: Tithonian
Age range of interval: 149.2 - 143.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mugher Mudstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",fine,medium,intraclastic,brown sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V98030
Database number:204301
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-09-04 14:07:32 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-09-04 14:07:32
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
13013.ETE M. B. Goodwin, W. A. Clemens, J. H. Hutchison, C. B. Wood, M. S. Zavada, A. Kemp, C. J. Duffin and C. R. Schaff. 1999. Mesozoic continental vertebrates with associated palynostratigraphic dates from the northwestern Ethiopian plateau. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):728-741 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]