Tallaè (Jurassic to of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (8.7° N, 42.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° S, 26.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zuffardi-Comerci. 1959. Corallari e Idrozoi giurassici degli altipiani Hararini [Jurassic corals and Hydrozoa from the Harar Plateau]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):199-250 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93539: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.1 Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis1 Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Cryptocoenia thiessingi" = Stylina thiessingi Koby 1881 stony coral
Heliocoenia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
"Heliocoenia" catenula2 Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum cf. cornutiformis1 Gregory 1900 stony coral
Stromatoporoidea
  -
"Stromatopora douvillei" = Stromatoporina douvillei
"Stromatopora douvillei" = Stromatoporina douvillei Dehorne 1918 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora chauffati Dehorne 1920 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
  - Burgundiidae
Burgundia circoporoides n. sp. Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 demosponge