Where: Somalia (10.2° N, 43.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 27.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: basal Member (Sa Wer Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• samples 195-203
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: E. Abbate, G. Ficcarelli, C. Pirini Radrizzani, A. Salvietti, D. Torre and A. Turi. 1974. Jurassic sequences from the Somali coast of the Gulf of Aden. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 80(3):409-478 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100368: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Cossmannea somaliensis" = Nerinea somaliensis
"Cossmannea somaliensis" = Nerinea somaliensis Weir 1925 snail | |
"Ampullella sp." = Ampullina, Globularia coxi
"Ampullella sp." = Ampullina Férussac 1822 snail
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail | |
"Pterocera sp." = Lambis
"Pterocera sp." = Lambis Röding 1798 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Thracia cf. incerta Thurmann 1836 clam | |
Foraminifera | |
Pseudocyclammina lituus Yokoyama 1890 |