Cabenaoua River: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cordialis
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnites (Dicoelites) littlei Stefanini 1925
Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis (Futt 1894)
Cephalopoda
Aptychus latus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes (Idoceras) balderus
Perisphinctes cf. praestenocyclus
Perisphinctes aff. praecursor Waagen 1875
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Proconulidae
Trochus arabiensis Newton 1908
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Chenopus cf. ornatus (Buvignier 1852)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea cf. sculpta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra bruntrutana Thurmann 1830
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon egertonianus (Stoliczka 1865)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola subangustissima Dacque 1905
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya protei (Brongniart 1821)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Waldheimia humeralis (Roemer 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Terebratula subsella Leymerie 1846
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Nucleatidae
Terebratula (Pygope) nucleata (Schlotheim 1820)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Waldheimia schlosseri Dacque 1905
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Rhynchonella azaisi Cottreau 1924
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella (Acanthothyris) rothpletzi
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Crinoidea - Millericrinida - Apiocrinitidae
Apiocrinus cf. roissyanus D'Orbigny 1887
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Cidaris cf. filograna Agassiz 1840
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris cf. orbignyi
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia sp. Agassiz 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9.0° North, 42.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.4° South, 26.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 149.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Sequanian-Kimmeridgian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: grey-yellow 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:94499
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-24 02:25:19 Last modified:2010-02-24 04:25:19
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-02-24 02:25:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32151. E. Basse. 1930. Contribution a l'etude du Jurassique superieur (facies Corallien) en Ethiopie et en Arabie meridionale [Studies about the Upper Jurassic (Corallian facies) in Ethiopia and southern Arabia]. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 14:105-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]