Cox - 169 (N.E. Kenya): Kimmeridgian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Falcimytilus jurensis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra nana
(Sowerby 1822)
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= Nanogyra fourtaui
Stefanini 1925
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Kiessling et al. 2011 | ||||||
synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | |||||||
Liostrea sp.
Douvillé 1904
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys curvivarians
(Dietrich 1933)
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Eopecten thurmanni
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= Eopecten velatus
Goldfuss 1833
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Grammatodon irritans
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Integricardium bannesianum
(Contejean 1859)
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Ceratomyopsis striata
(d'Orbigny 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya excentrica
(Roemer 1836)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Procerithiidae indet.
Cossmann 1905
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Harpagodes sp.
Gill 1870
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Bourguetia saemanni
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya |
Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 41.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 17.3° South, 24.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
Age range of interval: | 157.30000 - 152.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Member: | Hereri Shales |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" | ||
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: | 36497 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg, W. Kiessling |
Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-02-01 10:41:46 | Last modified: | 2004-02-01 12:41:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-01 10:41:46 |
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] |
Secondary references:
31428 | W. Kiessling, D. K. Pandey, M. Schemm-Gregory, H. Mewis, and M. Aberhan. 2011. Marine benthic invertebrates from the Upper Jurassic of northern Ethiopia and their biogeographic affinities. Journal of African Earth Sciences 59:195-214 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |