List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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Charltonithyris africana
Weir 1929
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Charltonithyris africana var. (1 specimen is an immature shell) | ||||||||||
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Avonothyris jordanensis
Muir-Wood 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Avonothyris jordanensis juv. (immature shell) | ||||||||||
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Loboidothyris cf. aualites
(Stefanini 1925)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Loboidothyris ? cf. aualites (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Mactromya rugosa
(Roemer 1836)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Ceromyopsis cf. aequatorialis
Muller 1900
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya cf. wimmisensis
(Gillieron 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus (Pharomytilus) plicatus
(Sowerby 1819)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Plagiostoma) sp.
(Sowerby 1814)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys aff. palmyrensis
Krumbeck 1905
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 41.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.2° South, 35.6° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Daua Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | V.G. Glenday |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Hunterian Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 161808 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-09-13 13:20:58 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-13 13:20:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52567. | J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic] |