Qoton (Mergalleh Limestone): Kimmeridgian, Somalia
collected by V.G. Glenday
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Velata inaequistriata
(Futterer 1897)
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1 fragment | |||||||||
fragment of a cast | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Plagiostoma) cf. astartina
(Thurmann 1859)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus
(Dacque 1905)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Postepithyrididae
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Lophrothyris ? suprajurensis
(Thurmann 1862)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Zeilleria egena
Bayle 1878
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Somalia |
Coordinates: | 10.4° North, 43.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 11.7° South, 28.1° East |
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: | Mergalleh Limestone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: thin bedded, compact limestone | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
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: | 161810 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic |
Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2014-09-13 13:34:03 | Last modified: | 2014-09-13 13:34:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-13 13:34:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |