Ahankon Tug, Inda: Oxfordian, Somalia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Milleporellidae
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Astroporina stellifera n. gen., n. sp.
Hudson 1960
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Geography
| Country: | Somalia |
| Coordinates: | 11.0° North, 48.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.1° South, 45.0° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.5 - 154.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bihen Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94553 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-27 09:33:56 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-27 09:33:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32170. | R. G. S. Hudson. 1960. The Tethyan Jurassic stromatoporoids Stromatoporina, Dehornella, and Astroporina. Palaeontology 2(2):180-199 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |