Jebel Billum IV-14: Callovian, Yemen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Acrosaleniidae
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Acrosalenia somaliensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Conarosia sp.
Cooper 1989
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33 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Burmirhynchia | ||||||||||
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Somalirhynchia sp. n. sp.
Weir 1925
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31 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Somalirhynchia sp. nov." | ||||||||||
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Somalirhynchia arabica
Cooper 1989
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Somalirhynchia africana
Weir 1925
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Somalirhynchia somalica
(Dacque 1905)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Daghanirhynchia sp.
Muir-Wood 1935
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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Ptyctothyris daghaniensis
Muir-Wood 1935
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bihenithyris weiri
Muir-Wood 1935
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bihenithyris barringtoni
Muir-Wood 1935
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Cererithyris wyvillei
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40 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Cererithyris cf. wyvillei" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula aulites
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullospira sp.
Harris 1897
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Rhabdoconcha sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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cf. Modiolus bipartitus
Sowerby 1818
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Modiolus cf. bipartitus" | ||||||||||
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Brachidontes somalicus
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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cf. Spondylopecten subpunctatus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Spondylopecten cf. subpunctatus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Actinostreon solitaria
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus humei
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Eligmus weiri
Cox 1935
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Eligmus cf. weiri" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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? Nanogyra fourtaui
(Stefanini 1925)
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| synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "?Nannogyra fourtaui" | ||||||||||
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Gryphaea balli
(Stefanini 1925)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kalenteridae
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Myoconcha sp.
Sowerby 1824
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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cf. Tendagurium propebanneiana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Tendagurium cf. propebanneiana" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Procyprina hunti
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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? Eocallista krenkeli
Cox 1935
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "?Eocallista krenkeli" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Ceratomyopsis somaliensis
(Weir 1929)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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cf. Ceratomya wimmisensis
(Gillieron 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Ceratomya cf. wimmisensis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Bucardiomya aubreyi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) | ||||||||||
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Bucardiomya somaliensis
(Cox 1935)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Yemen | State/province: | Wadi Hajar |
| Coordinates: | 14.3° North, 48.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.7° South, 31.2° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 | *Epoch: | Dogger |
| Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2605 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-09 10:37:42 | Last modified: | 2017-07-27 18:01:58 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2001-07-09 10:37:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 74. | M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris. 1998. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):1-32 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement] |