Rukesa (unknown limestone): Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian, Kenya
collected by V.G. Glenday
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya ragazzii
Pantanelli 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| fragmentary | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 41.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.7° South, 35.8° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 154.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Daua Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified muddy "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| 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: | 161820 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-09-13 16:22:28 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-13 16:22:28 |
| 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] |