Where: Somalia (10.3° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 29.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bihen Limestone Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1935. Jurassic Gastropoda and Lamellibranchia. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 148-197 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92998: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula cf. bisuffarcinata Noetling 1887 | |
Sphaeroidothyris browni, "Charltonithyris africana" = Arabatia africana, "Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
Sphaeroidothyris browni Muir-Wood 1935
"Charltonithyris africana" = Arabatia africana Weir 1929
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929 | |
"Cererithyris wylliei" = Tubithyris wylliei, "Loboidothyris cf. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis
"Cererithyris wylliei" = Tubithyris wylliei Weir 1929
"Loboidothyris cf. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis Weir 1929 | |
Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis n. gen. n. sp., Burmirhynchia weiri
Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis n. gen. n. sp. Muir-Wood 1935
Burmirhynchia weiri Diaz-Romero 1931 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus (Arcomytilus) laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis, "Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Mytilus (Arcomytilus) laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
"Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Eligmus weiri Cox 1935 oyster
Eligmus polytypus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1856 oyster | |
Gryphaea costellata, "Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Chlamys curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop | |
Thracia viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
"Pholadomya (Homomya) inornata" = Homomya inornata
"Pholadomya (Homomya) inornata" = Homomya inornata Sowerby 1837 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012 snail | |
"Cylindrites cf. striatus" = Sulcoactaeon striata
"Cylindrites cf. striatus" = Sulcoactaeon striata Lissajous 1923 snail | |
"Ampullella sp." = Ampullina, Globularia sp.
"Ampullella sp." = Ampullina Férussac 1822 snail
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail |