Where: Ethiopia (9.3° N, 42.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 26.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• lower level: 2015 m, "Oolite inferiore"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Jaboli. 1959. Fossili Giurassici dell'Harar (Africa Orientale): Brachiopodi, Lamellibranchi e Gasteropodi [Jurassic fossils from Harar (Eastern Africa): brachiopods, lamellibranchs and gastropods]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):3-100 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93492: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonella (Daghanirhynchia) daghaniensis Muir-Wood 1935 | |
Rhynchonella (Daghanirhynchia) sp. Fischer 1809 | |
"Terebratula ferrandii" = Kutchithyris ferrandii
"Terebratula ferrandii" = Kutchithyris ferrandii Stefanini 1932 | |
Terebratula bisuffarcinata Noetling 1887 | |
Gastropoda | |
Purpuroidea cf. glabra periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Mytilus (Modiolus) imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
"Arctostrea rastellaris" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Arctostrea rastellaris" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Heliocoenia etalloni Koby 1881 stony coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatopora gortanii n. sp.
Stromatopora gortanii n. sp. Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 stromatoporoid sponge |