Atschabo: Kimmeridgian, Ethiopia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Sabellidae
Serpula gordialis Schlotheim 1820
recombined as Glomerula serpentina
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cf. conformis Goldfuss 1829
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella (Acanthothyris) rothpletzi n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Terebratula subsella Leymerie 1846
recombined as Xestosina subsella
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola sp. Lamarck 1801
corrected as Modiolus
Mytilus subpectinatus D'Orbigny 1850
Modiola subangustissima n. sp. Dacque 1905
recombined as Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra bruntrutana Thurmann 1830
synonym of Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Alectryonia pulligera (Goldfuss 1834)
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima cf. moeschi Loriol 1881
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) erlangeri n. sp. Dacque 1905
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Macrodon rufae n. sp. Dacque 1905
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya protei (Brongniart 1821)
recombined as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceromya excentrica (Roemer 1836)
recombined as Ceratomya excentrica
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Corbis subclathrata
replaced by Fimbria
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Harpagodes sp. Gill 1870
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica cf. eudora D'Orbigny 1850
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia striata (Sowerby 1812)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria neosolodurina n. sp. Dacque 1905
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Aspidoceras altenense
Aspidoceras irregulare n. sp.
Aspidoceras informal sp. 1 Zittel
Aspidoceras informal sp. 2 Zittel
Aspidoceras argobbae n. sp. Dacque 1905
Aspidoceras somalicum n. sp. Dacque 1905
Aspidoceras supraspinosum n. sp. Dacque 1905
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes cf. hetaerus Herbich 1878
recombined as Nebrodites hetaerus
Perisphinctes breviceps
original and current combination Stephanoceras (Perisphinctes)
Perisphinctes roubyanus Fontannes 1879
Perisphinctes gallarum n. sp. Dacque 1905
Perisphinctes choffati n. sp. Dacque 1905
Perisphinctes arussiorum n. sp. Dacque 1905
Perisphinctes stenocyclus Fontannes 1879
Perisphinctes cf. abadiensis Choffat 1893
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Belemnites sp.
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Nautilus ennianus n. sp. Dacque 1905
recombined as Paracenoceras ennianum
Nautilus bisulcatus n. sp. Dacque 1905
replaced by Somalinautilus antiquus
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Pseudocidaris ellenbecki n. sp. Dacque 1905
see common names

Geography
Country:Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8.4° North, 41.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.2° South, 26.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:157.30000 - 152.10000 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:94585
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-03-02 02:50:06 Last modified:2010-03-02 04:50:06
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-02 02:50:05
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]