Sa Warabis, 214: Oxfordian, Somalia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis sp. Cossmann 1915
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Somalia
Coordinates: 10.2° North, 43.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.8° South, 39.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Oxfordian
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 154.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sa Wer Member:upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: sample 214
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified calcareous marl
Lithology description: thick beds of gray calcareous marls and limestones
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:100374
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-12-08 20:37:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-08 20:37:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
34459. E. Abbate, G. Ficcarelli, C. Pirini Radrizzani, A. Salvietti, D. Torre and A. Turi. 1974. Jurassic sequences from the Somali coast of the Gulf of Aden. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 80(3):409-478 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]