Harro Rufa: Kimmeridgian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes planula
original and current combination Stephanoceras (Perisphinctes)
var. laxevoluta
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
Clapham 2015
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Belemnites sp.
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria neosolodurina Dacque 1905
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya protei (Brongniart 1821)
recombined as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceromya excentrica (Roemer 1836)
recombined as Ceratomya excentrica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Corbis subclathrata
replaced by Fimbria
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Lucina rugosa (Roemer 1836)
recombined as Mactromya rugosa
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844
Bivalvia - Mytiloida
Modiola sp. Lamarck 1801
    = Mytiloida indet. Rafinesque 1815
Kiessling 2009
corrected as Mytilida
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri Dacque 1905
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
    = Limidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Kiessling 2009
Lima harronis n. sp. Dacque 1905
    = Plagiostoma harronis Dacque 1905
Kiessling 2009
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Macrodon rufae Dacque 1905
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella (Acanthothyris) rothpletzi
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Waldheimia humeralis (Roemer 1839)
recombined as Zeilleria humeralis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Terebratula subsella Leymerie 1846
recombined as Xestosina subsella
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Waldheimia schlosseri n. sp. Dacque 1905
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Nucleatidae
Terebratula (Pygope) nucleata (Schlotheim 1820)
recombined as Nucleata nucleata
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea somalica n. sp. Dacque 1905
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8.3° North, 41.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.3° South, 26.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: yellow-brown limestones
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:94584
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, W. Kiessling, M. Clapham
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-03-02 01:54:56 Last modified:2010-03-02 04:08:31
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-02 01:54:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32196. E. Dacque. 1905. Beiträge zur Geologie des Somalilandes, 2. Teil. Oberer Jura [Contributions to the geology of Somaliland, Part 2. Upper Jurassic]. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 17:119-160 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

27487 M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
30388 W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]