Macul (Jurassic to of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (13.9° N, 41.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 27.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Diaz-Romero. 1931. Contributo allo studio della fauna Giurese della Dancalia centrale [The Jurassic fauna of the central Danakil]. Palaeontographia Italica 31:1-61 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94577: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima cf. costulata Roemer 1839 file clam
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha cf. solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha cf. solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria astartina Rollier 1920
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Loboidothyris vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
"Loboidothyris cf. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis
"Loboidothyris cf. jubaensis" = Tubithyris jubaensis Weir 1929
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918