Macul: Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian, Eritrea

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya protei (Brongniart 1821)
recombined as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Lopha cf. solitaria (Sowerby 1824)
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima cf. costulata Roemer 1839
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Loboidothyris vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Loboidothyris cf. jubaensis Weir 1929
recombined as Tubithyris jubaensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Plectoidothyris engeli (Rollier 1918)
recombined as Sellithyris engeli
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria astartina Rollier 1920
see common names

Geography
Country:Eritrea
Coordinates: 13.9° North, 41.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.4° South, 27.2° 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:94577
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-03-01 06:06:56 Last modified:2010-03-01 08:10:04
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-01 06:06:56
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]