Mt. Condudo: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Rhynchonella (Septirhynchia) azaisi Cottreau 1924
recombined as Septirhynchia azaisi
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Rhynchonella (Somalirhynchia) africana Weir 1925
var. mesoloba and guresuensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Terebratula suprajurensis Thurmann 1862
recombined as Xestosina suprajurensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula gortanii Jaboli 1959
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya cf. excentrica (Roemer 1836)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya cf. aequalis Agassiz 1843
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophyllia flabellum de Blainville 1830
Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
recombined as Calamophylliopsis flabellum
var. compacta
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Heliocoenia humberti Etallon 1858
Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
    = Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Gregory 1900
Baron-Szabo 2009
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latimaeandra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
synonym of Latomeandra
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatopora douvillei Dehorne 1918
Zuffardi-Comerci 1959
recombined as Stromatoporina douvillei
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Milleporidium somaliense Zuffardi-Comerci 1931
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]