Sagan (Jurassic to of Ethiopia)
Where: Ethiopia (13.8° N, 41.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 27.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• 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 94574: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata | |
Somalirhynchia africana Weir 1925 | |
Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839 | |
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 | |
Cephalopoda | |
? Anavirgatites sp. ammonite
Idoceras rufanum Dacque 1914 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Anatina cf. parvula Thurmann and Etallon 1862 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral |