Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 41.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 23.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rukesa Shales Member, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36463: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster | |
Pholadomya lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Cercomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam |