Cox - 181 (N.E. Kenya): Kimmeridgian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Trochalia depressa
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya excentrica
(Roemer 1836)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya |
Coordinates: | 4.0° North, 41.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 17.3° South, 24.3° 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 / Dakacha Limestones | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Kimmeridgian, Hereri Shales overlain by Dakacha Limestones |
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: | 36509 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-02-01 11:01:50 | Last modified: | 2004-02-01 13:01:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-01 11:01:50 |
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] |