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

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Idoceras rufanum Dacque 1914 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Anatina cf. parvula Thurmann and Etallon 1862 clam
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral