Sa Warabis, 234: Early Kimmeridgian, Somalia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Aspidoceratidae
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Geography
| Country: | Somalia |
| Coordinates: | 10.2° North, 43.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.2° South, 39.3° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 152.21 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Daghani Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: sample 234 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified grainstone |
| Lithology description: shales alternating with subordinate marly shales and rare thin beds of calcarenite | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 100375 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-08 20:49:31 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-08 20:49:30 |
| 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] |