Marajum Valley: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian, Eritrea
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Postepithyrididae
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Lophrothyris subsella
(Leymerie 1846)
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| recombined as Loboidothyris subsella | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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? Loboidothyris vinassai
Diaz-Romero 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Zeilleria humeralis
(Roemer 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia smelliei
Weir 1925
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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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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium demissum
(Phillips 1835)
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| recombined as Entolium demissus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte dancalensis n. sp.
Diaz-Romero 1931
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia eduliformis
(Roemer 1836)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya protei
(Brongniart 1821)
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| recombined as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cryptaulacidae
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Exelissa africana
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Eritrea |
| Coordinates: | 14.0° North, 41.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.3° South, 27.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| 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: | 94575 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-01 04:43:19 | Last modified: | 2010-03-01 06:43:19 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-03-01 04:43:19 |
| 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] |