Amarti: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian, Eritrea
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula ilium
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus laitmairensis
de Loriol 1883
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| recombined as Arcomytilus laitmairensis | |||||||
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Mytilus cf. autissiodorensis
Cotteau 1853
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium demissum
(Phillips 1835)
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| recombined as Entolium demissus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Lopha cf. solitaria
(Sowerby 1824)
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| synonym of Actinostreon gregareum | |||||||
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Lopha pulligera
(Goldfuss 1834)
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| synonym of Actinostreon gregareum | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra nana
(Sowerby 1822)
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| recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | |||||||
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Exogyra vinassai
Diaz-Romero 1931
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| synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | |||||||
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Exogyra fourtaui
Stefanini 1925
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| synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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? Kallirhynchia weiri n. sp.
Diaz-Romero 1931
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| recombined as Burmirhynchia weiri | |||||||
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Kallirhynchia cavagnarii n. sp.
Diaz-Romero 1931
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| recombined as Burmirhynchia cavagnarii | |||||||
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Somalirhynchia smelliei
Weir 1925
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Somalirhynchia africana
Weir 1925
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Zeilleria humeralis
(Roemer 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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? Loboidothyris vinassai
Diaz-Romero 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Postepithyrididae
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? Lophrothyris suprajurensis
(Thurmann 1862)
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| recombined as Xestosina suprajurensis | |||||||
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Lophrothyris subsella
(Leymerie 1846)
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| recombined as Loboidothyris subsella | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Sellithyrididae
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Plectoidothyris engeli
(Rollier 1918)
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| recombined as Sellithyris engeli | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Eritrea |
| Coordinates: | 14.3° North, 41.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.1° South, 27.3° 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| 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: | 94568 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-01 01:21:45 | Last modified: | 2010-03-01 03:21:45 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-03-01 01:21:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32178. | V. Diaz-Romero. 1931. Contributo allo studio della fauna Giurese della Dancalia centrale [The Jurassic fauna of the central Danakil]. Palaeontographia Italica 31:1-61 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |