PBDB Collection

Dire Dawa (Jurassic to of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (9.6° N, 41.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° S, 26.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

• "Oolite medio"

• group of beds-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 93501: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.01.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Terebratulidae	Waldheimia schlosseri, Terebratula gortanii n. sp., Terebratula bisuffarcinata Waldheimia schlosseri Dacque 1905 Terebratula gortanii n. sp. Jaboli 1959 Terebratula bisuffarcinata Noetling 1887
Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae	"Terebratula (Plectoidothyris) ruspolii" = Monsardithyris ruspolii "Terebratula (Plectoidothyris) ruspolii" = Monsardithyris ruspolii Stefanini 1932
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae	Rhynchonella (Acanthorhynchia) rothpletzi Rhynchonella (Acanthorhynchia) rothpletzi
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae	"Perisphinctes cf. virguloides" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) virguloides, Perisphinctes cf. gallarum "Perisphinctes cf. virguloides" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) virguloides Waagen 1875 ammonite Perisphinctes cf. gallarum Dacque 1905 ammonite
Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae	Aspidoceras irregulare, Aspidoceras somalicum, "Aspidoceras argobbae" = Simaspidoceras argobbae Aspidoceras irregulare Dacque 1905 ammonite Aspidoceras somalicum Dacque 1905 ammonite "Aspidoceras argobbae" = Simaspidoceras argobbae Dacque 1905 ammonite
Belemnitida - Belemnitidae	Belemnites (Dicoelites) littlei, Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis Belemnites (Dicoelites) littlei belemnite Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis Futt 1894 belemnite
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae	"Ampullina coxi" = Globularia coxi "Ampullina coxi" = Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail var. hararina
Heterostropha - Nerineidae	Nerinea desvoidyi Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail var. aethiopica
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Isoarcidae	Isoarca sp. Isoarca sp. Muenster 1842 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Astarte coxi n. sp. Astarte coxi n. sp. Jaboli 1959 clam
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya stefaninii n. sp., "Pholadomya (Homomya) laitmairensis" = Homomya Pholadomya stefaninii n. sp. Jaboli 1959 clam "Pholadomya (Homomya) laitmairensis" = Homomya clam
Thraciida - Thraciidae	Thracia depressa, Thracia incerta Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam Thracia incerta Thurmann 1836 clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina "sp. 1" Lucina "sp. 1" Bruguière 1797 clam
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Mactromya quadrata Mactromya quadrata Rollier 1913 clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Mytilus jurensis, "Mytilus (Arcomytilus) laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus², "Mytilus (Pharomytilus) perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata Mytilus jurensis Merian 1836 mussel "Mytilus (Arcomytilus) laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus² Sowerby 1818 mussel "Mytilus (Pharomytilus) perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863 mussel
Ostreida - Palaeolophidae	"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum "Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana "Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Ostreida - Eligmidae	Eligmus rollandi Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Plagiostoma) bianchii n. sp." = Plagiostoma harronis "Lima (Plagiostoma) bianchii n. sp." = Plagiostoma harronis Dacque 1905 file clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes lens, Chlamys erlangeri, Eopecten velatus² Camptonectes lens Sowerby 1818 scallop Chlamys erlangeri Dacque 1905 scallop Eopecten velatus² Goldfuss 1833 scallop
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	"Astrocoenia bernensis" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis³ "Astrocoenia bernensis" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis³ d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae	Latusastrea sp.¹ Latusastrea sp.¹ d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Isastrea explanata³ Isastrea explanata³ Münster 1829 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	"Calamophyllia flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum³ "Calamophyllia flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum³ de Blainville 1830 stony coral var. compacta
Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae	Calamophyllia ducreti³ Calamophyllia ducreti³ Koby 1884 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	"Latimaeandra curtata" = Brachyseris curtata³ "Latimaeandra curtata" = Brachyseris curtata³ Koby 1885 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Cryptocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata³ "Cryptocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata³ Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Stromatoporoidea
-	"Stromatopora douvillei" = Stromatoporina douvillei³ "Stromatopora douvillei" = Stromatoporina douvillei³ Dehorne 1918 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
Agelasida - Actinostromariidae	Actinostromaria hararina n. sp.³ Actinostromaria hararina n. sp.³ Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 demosponge
- Burgundiidae	Burgundia corrugata n. sp.³ Burgundia corrugata n. sp.³ Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 demosponge

¹Baron-Szabo 2009; ²Kiessling et al. 2011; ³Zuffardi-Comerci 1959