Kuhlan: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian, Yemen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Rhynchonella moravica
Uhlig 1882
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= Somalirhynchia africana
Weir 1925
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Kiessling et al. 2011 | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Postepithyrididae
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Terebratula subsella
Leymerie 1846
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| recombined as Xestosina subsella | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Natica hemisphaerica
(Roemer 1836)
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| recombined as Globularia hemisphaerica | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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Tylostoma sp.
Sharpe 1849
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus subpectinatus
D'Orbigny 1850
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= Arcomytilus laitmairensis
de Loriol 1883
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Hudson 1960 | ||||||
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Modiola subangustissima
Dacque 1905
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| recombined as Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Alectryonia pulligera
(Goldfuss 1834)
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| synonym of Actinostreon gregareum | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra bruntrutana
Thurmann 1830
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| synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Isocardia striata
d'Orbigny 1822
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| recombined as Ceratomyopsis striata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya protei
(Brongniart 1821)
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| recombined as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Yemen |
| Coordinates: | 15.7° North, 43.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.5° South, 27.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Sequanian-Kimmeridgian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: grey-yellow marly limestone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94504 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-24 07:03:36 | Last modified: | 2010-02-24 09:03:36 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-02-24 07:03:36 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 32170 | R. G. S. Hudson. 1960. The Tethyan Jurassic stromatoporoids Stromatoporina, Dehornella, and Astroporina. Palaeontology 2(2):180-199 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] | |
| 31428 | W. Kiessling, D. K. Pandey, M. Schemm-Gregory, H. Mewis, and M. Aberhan. 2011. Marine benthic invertebrates from the Upper Jurassic of northern Ethiopia and their biogeographic affinities. Journal of African Earth Sciences 59:195-214 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |