Cox - 166 (N.E. Kenya): Late/Upper Oxfordian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Falcimytilus jurensis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Grammatodon irritans
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Liostrea dubiensis
(Contejean 1859)
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| recombined as Praeexogyra dubiensis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Lopha solitaria
(Sowerby 1824)
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| synonym of Actinostreon gregareum | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Stegoconcha gmuelleri
(Krenkel 1910)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes auritus
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Eopecten sp.
Douvillé 1897
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Chlamys inaequicostata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Pseudolimea duplicata
(Sowerby 1814)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte huralensis
Stefanini 1939
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya wilderriensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pietteia dusseensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania dusseensis n. sp.
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Bourguetia saemanni
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullospira dejanira
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| spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira) | |||||||
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Globularia phasianelloides
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 41.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.9° South, 23.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 157.90000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Seir Limestones |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
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: | 36494 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-01 10:36:13 | Last modified: | 2004-02-01 12:36:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-01 10:36:13 |
| 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] |