Where: Ethiopia (9.4° N, 38.6° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 24.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, muddy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: K. Futterer. 1897. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Jura in Ost-Afrika, IV. Der Jura von Schoa (Süd-Abessinien) [Jurassic of East Africa, IV. Jurassic of Schoa (southern Abyssinia)]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 49:568-627 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94491: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula (Waldheimia) humeralis" = Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839
Zeilleria egena1 Bayle 1878 | |
"Terebratula suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis Thurmann 1862
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella1 Leymerie 1846 | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Natica hemisphaerica" = Globularia hemisphaerica
"Natica hemisphaerica" = Globularia hemisphaerica Roemer 1836 snail | |
Natica cf. dubia Roemer 1836 moon snail
Natica cf. eudora D'Orbigny 1850 moon snail
Natica vicinalis Thurmann and Etallon 1861 moon snail | |
"Pterocera sp." = Lambis1
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Harpagodes cf. thirriae snail
Chenopus cf. ornatus Buvignier 1852 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Avicula cf. gessneri Thurmann 1840 clam | |
Modiola pantanellii n. sp., "Lithophagus cf. vietus" = Modiola (Lithophagus), "Mytilus perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata, Mytilus jurensis, Mytilus jurensis2, Mytilus aff. subpectinatus
Modiola pantanellii n. sp. Futterer 1897 mussel
"Lithophagus cf. vietus" = Modiola (Lithophagus) mussel
"Mytilus perplicatus" = Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863 mussel
Mytilus jurensis Merian 1836 mussel
Mytilus aff. subpectinatus D'Orbigny 1850 mussel | |
Lima (Radula) subdensepunctata n. sp., "Lima (Radula) cf. virgulina" = Lima, Lima (Radula) cf. aequilatera, Lima (Radula) densepunctata
Lima (Radula) subdensepunctata n. sp. Futterer 1897 file clam
"Lima (Radula) cf. virgulina" = Lima file clam
Lima (Radula) cf. aequilatera Buvignier 1852 file clam
Lima (Radula) densepunctata Roemer 1836 file clam | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pinna constantini de Loriol and Pellat 1874 oyster | |
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Arca cf. sublata Thurmann and Etallon 1862 ark
Arca cf. choffati Thurmann and Etallon 1863 ark | |
"Cardium bannesianum" = Integricardium bannesianum, "Cardium bannesianum" = Integricardium bannesianum2, Cardium sp., Cardium cf. moricinum
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium cf. moricinum de Loriol 1866 cockle | |
"Isocardia striata" = Ceratomyopsis striata
"Isocardia striata" = Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
"Ceromya paucilirata" = Ceratomya, "Ceromya orbicularis" = Ceratomya, "Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica
"Ceromya paucilirata" = Ceratomya clam
"Ceromya orbicularis" = Ceratomya clam
"Ceromya excentrica" = Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Cercomya schoensis n. sp. Futterer 1897 clam | |
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei, Pholadomya paucicosta, Pholadomya ragazzii, Pholadomya cf. acuminata, Pholadomya cuneiformis n. sp., "Pholadomya (Goniomya) cf. constricta" = Goniomya
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
Pholadomya paucicosta Roemer 1836 clam
Pholadomya ragazzii Pantanelli 1888 clam
Pholadomya cf. acuminata Hartmann 1830 clam
Pholadomya cuneiformis n. sp. Futterer 1897 clam
"Pholadomya (Goniomya) cf. constricta" = Goniomya clam | |
Thracia incerta Thurmann 1836 clam | |
"? Unicardium verioti" = Mactromya verioti Buvignier 1852 clam |