Daghani, bed 208: Kimmeridgian, Somalia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Posidoniidae
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Geography
| Country: | Somalia |
| Coordinates: | 10.3° North, 45.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.1° South, 41.5° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 149.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Daghani Shale | ||||
| Local section: | Daghani | Local bed: | 208 | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Kimmeridgian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93006 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-21 04:07:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-21 04:07:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31424. | L. R. Cox. 1935. Jurassic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 148-197 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |