Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 41.5° E: paleocoordinates 17.3° S, 24.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hereri Shales Member, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 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 36497: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Procerithiidae indet. Cossmann 1905 snail | |
Harpagodes sp. Gill 1870 snail | |
Bourguetia saemanni snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Falcimytilus jurensis mussel | |
Chlamys curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop | |
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Liostrea sp.
"Nanogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster | |
Grammatodon irritans clam | |
Integricardium bannesianum Contejean 1859 cockle | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam |