Sub-unit 3a, Sed. succession, near Isha Baydhabo: Early Toarcian, Somalia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus spp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Grammatodon ? kenyanus
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Opis aff. parvicarinata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia africana
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Anisocardia arkelli
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Anisocardia cf. didimtuensis
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Gastropoda
- Discohelicidae
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Discohelix sp.
Dunker 1847
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unclassified
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Africonulus sp.
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hildoceratidae
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Bouleiceras sp.
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Bouleiceras rectum
Arkell 1952
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Ovaticeras ? sp.
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Glyptarpites cf. glyptus
Buckman 1927
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Hildaites gautieri
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Hildaites cf. serpentiniformis
Buckman 1921
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Parahildaites madagascariensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Spiriferinidae
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Spiriferina madagascariensis
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Echinoidea
- Pseudodiadematidae
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Hypodiadema sp.
Desor 1858
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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 | Ammonoid zone: | Serpentinus |
| Age range of interval: | 184.2 - 182.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Uanei |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified marl |
| Environment: | deep subtidal ramp |
| Geology comments: outer ramp | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179136 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Kocsis | Enterer: | A. Kocsis |
| Modifier: | A. Kocsis | ||
| Created: | 2016-06-02 06:27:43 | Last modified: | 2016-06-02 10:21:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-02 06:27:43 |
| 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] |