Cox - 140 (N.E. Kenya): Callovian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes laitmairensis
(de Loriol 1883)
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| recombined as Arcomytilus laitmairensis | ||||||||||
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Brachidontes asper
Sowerby 1818
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys curvivarians
(Dietrich 1933)
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Camptonectes auritus
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Eopecten aubryi
(Douville 1886)
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| synonym of Eopecten velatus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Pseudolimea duplicata
(Sowerby 1814)
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Plagiostoma cf. biiniensis
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Plagiostoma cf. jumaraensis
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Plagiostoma cf. schardti
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Plagiostoma sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium corneolum
(Young and Bird 1828)
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| recombined as Entolium (Entolium) corneolum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus rollandi
Douvillé 1907
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Liostrea sp.
Douvillé 1904
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Liostrea alimena
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia sp.
(Beyrich 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Ceratomyopsis basochiana
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya concentrica
Sowerby 1822
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Pholadomya ovalis
Sowerby 1819
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Mactromya aequalis
Agassiz 1843
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Fimbria sp.
Mühlfeldt 1811
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Lucina cf. lirata
Phillips 1829
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 41.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.6° South, 23.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Muddo Erri Limestones | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Callovian [?-Lower Oxfordian] | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36468 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-01 07:24:07 | Last modified: | 2004-02-01 09:24:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-01 07:24:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9748. | L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen] |