Where: Ethiopia (13.8° N, 41.1° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 27.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-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: V. Diaz-Romero. 1931. Contributo allo studio della fauna Giurese della Dancalia centrale [The Jurassic fauna of the central Danakil]. Palaeontographia Italica 31:1-61 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Somalirhynchia africana Weir 1925 | |
Zittelina orbis Quenstedt 1858 | |
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel | |
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop | |
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster |