Sub-unit 2, Sed. succession, near Isha Baydhabo: Early Toarcian, Somalia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaeopalaemonidae
Favreina sp. Herbig 1993
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Vidalina ? martana
Cornuspira sp. Schultze 1854
Spirillinidae
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Ammodiscidae
Glomospira informal sp. 1
Glomospira informal sp. 2
Glomospirella sp. Plummer 1945
Cyclamminidae
Pseudocyclammina sp.
"Siphovalvulina" sensu Septfontaine 1981
see common names

Geography
Country:Somalia
Coordinates: 3.1° North, 43.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.8° South, 27.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Toarcian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 3
Key time interval: Early Toarcian
Age range of interval: 184.2 - 182.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Uanei
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified muddy "limestone"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: Subtidal generally under wave base, and it is referable to a mid ramp.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:179135
Authorizer:A. Kocsis Enterer:A. Kocsis
Modifier:A. Kocsis
Created:2016-06-02 06:23:32 Last modified:2016-06-02 10:20:39
Access level:the public Released:2016-06-02 06:23:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

59294. M. Chiocchini, M. Fazzuoli, and G. Pavia. 2002. The Uanei Formation (Toarcian) in the Iscia Baidoa area, South Western Somalia. In L. Martire (ed.), Abstracts and Program, 6th Internation Symposium on the Jurassic System, Mondello, September 16 - 19, 2002 33-34 [A. Kocsis/A. Kocsis]