Goha Tsion, unit 2: Oxfordian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Acrosaleniidae
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Recrosalenia aff. somaliensis
Currie 1935
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Echinoidea
- Clypeidae
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Clypeus aff. williei
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| subsp. pentagonus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia somalica
(Dacque 1905)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Zeilleria latifrons
(Krumbeck 1905)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Lissajousithyrididae
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"Terebratula" pelagica
Rollier 1918
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| recombined as Pentithyris pelagica | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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"Terebratula" sp.
Müller 1776
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Paracenoceratidae
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Paracenoceras hexagonum
(Sowerby 1826)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus cf. rollandi
Douvillé 1907
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra fourtaui
Stefanini 1925
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| synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | ||||||||||
| and subsp. sinuata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Venilicardia hunti
Cox 1935
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya cf. protei
(Brongniart 1821)
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| recombined as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 10.0° North, 38.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.4° South, 24.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: unit 2: 2035-2145 m | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: marly limestone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94495 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-23 06:57:52 | Last modified: | 2010-02-23 08:57:52 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-02-23 06:57:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32146. | G. Ficcarelli. 1968. Fossili Giuresi della serie sedimentaria del Nilo Azurro meridionale [Jurassic fossils from the sedimentary series of the southern Blue Nile]. Rivista Italiana di paleontologia e Stratigrafia 74(1):23-50 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |