Geydamo River, Member 1, Scree Collections (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (13.6° N, 39.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: AL1 Member (Antalo Formation), Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collected in 2007; reposited in the MfN

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Scree collection

Primary reference: W. Kiessling, D. K. Pandey, M. Schemm-Gregory, H. Mewis, and M. Aberhan. 2011. Marine benthic invertebrates from the Upper Jurassic of northern Ethiopia and their biogeographic affinities. Journal of African Earth Sciences 59:195-214 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94324: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Ironella arabica" = Starostinia arabica
"Ironella arabica" = Starostinia arabica El-Asa'ad 1991 stony coral
LSG st = 45
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
LA A1 a-c, Hausberg
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastrea greppini Koby 1885 stony coral
LS N
Microphyllia brevivallis Becker 1875 stony coral
LGO A1
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral
LS GF, Hausberg