Gilgele section: Late Tithonian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Oppeliidae
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 10.1° North, 38.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° South, 35.9° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Tithonian | Ammonoid zone: | Micracanthoceras microcanthum |
| Age range of interval: | 145.06 - 143.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Antalo Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Chitinoidellid calpionellid zone, Bonetinae subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 228747 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-01-01 18:02:14 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-01-01 18:02:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 83549. | S. Jain and G. Schweigert. 2022. On the dimorphic occurrence of the upper Tithonian ammonite genus Djurjuriceras Roman from the Blue Nile Basin (Ethiopia). PalZ 96:655-668 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |