Mt. Condudo: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Septirhynchiidae
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Rhynchonella (Septirhynchia) azaisi
Cottreau 1924
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recombined as Septirhynchia azaisi | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Rhynchonella (Somalirhynchia) africana
Weir 1925
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var. mesoloba and guresuensis | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Postepithyrididae
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Terebratula suprajurensis
Thurmann 1862
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recombined as Xestosina suprajurensis | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula gortanii
Jaboli 1959
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya cf. excentrica
(Roemer 1836)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Mactromya cf. aequalis
Agassiz 1843
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dermosmiliidae
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Calamophyllia flabellum
de Blainville 1830
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Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 | |||||||||
recombined as Calamophylliopsis flabellum | ||||||||||
var. compacta | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Heliocoenia humberti
Etallon 1858
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Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 | |||||||||
= Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis
Gregory 1900
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Baron-Szabo 2009 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Latimaeandra sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
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Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 | |||||||||
synonym of Latomeandra | ||||||||||
Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatopora douvillei
Dehorne 1918
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Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 | |||||||||
recombined as Stromatoporina douvillei | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Milleporellidae
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Milleporidium somaliense
Zuffardi-Comerci 1931
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Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 | |||||||||
recombined as Steineria somaliensis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 42.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 12.6° South, 27.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | ||
Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 152.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 93531 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-01-21 06:18:33 | Last modified: | 2010-01-22 02:59:19 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-21 06:18:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31622. | D. Jaboli. 1959. Fossili Giurassici dell'Harar (Africa Orientale): Brachiopodi, Lamellibranchi e Gasteropodi [Jurassic fossils from Harar (Eastern Africa): brachiopods, lamellibranchs and gastropods]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):3-100 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
30659 | R. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] | |
31657 | R. Zuffardi-Comerci. 1959. Corallari e Idrozoi giurassici degli altipiani Hararini [Jurassic corals and Hydrozoa from the Harar Plateau]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):199-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |