Bihendula (Meragalleh Limestone, mudstones): Kimmeridgian, Somalia
collected by V.G. Glenday

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Plagiostoma) notata (de Loriol 1878)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya excentrica (Roemer 1836)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Somalia
Coordinates: 10.2° North, 45.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.2° South, 41.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Meragalleh Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: based on unspecified Kimmeridgian ammonites
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified calcareous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: calcaerous mudstone and shale
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:V.G. Glenday
Collection method comments: Repository: Hunterian Museum
Metadata
Database number:161478
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Manojlovic
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-06 17:06:06 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-06 17:06:06
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
52567. J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]