List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia sp.
Weir 1925
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 13.6° North, 39.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.5° South, 38.5° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Adigrat Sandstone | Member: | Transition Bed |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous marl | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | platform/shelf-margin reef | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with calcite,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MfN | Collection dates: | March 2007 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93798 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | F. Reichel |
| Modifier: | F. Reichel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-03 06:50:33 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-02-03 06:50:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31221. | W. Kiessling, H. Mewis, F. Reichel and E. Mohrmann. 2007. Unpublished notes on Ethiopian field trip (Blue Nile and Mekele outlier). [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |