Where: Somalia (3.1° N, 43.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 27.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Serpentinus ammonoid zone, Uanei Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, gray marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Chiocchini, M. Fazzuoli, and G. Pavia. 2002. The Uanei Formation (Toarcian) in the Iscia Baidoa area, South Western Somalia. In L. Martire (ed.), Abstracts and Program, 6th Internation Symposium on the Jurassic System, Mondello, September 16 - 19, 2002 33-34 [A. Kocsis/A. Kocsis]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179136: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Adam Kocsis on 02.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Hypodiadema sp. Desor 1858 sea urchin | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Discohelix sp. Dunker 1847 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
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Protocardia africana cockle | |
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Modiolus spp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
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Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
| Cephalopoda | |
Parahildaites madagascariensis, Hildaites gautieri, Hildaites cf. serpentiniformis, "Glyptarpites cf. glyptus" = Harpoceras (Harpoceras) kisslingi, Ovaticeras ? sp., Bouleiceras sp., Bouleiceras rectum
Parahildaites madagascariensis ammonite
Hildaites gautieri ammonite
Hildaites cf. serpentiniformis Buckman 1921 ammonite
"Glyptarpites cf. glyptus" = Harpoceras (Harpoceras) kisslingi Hug 1898 ammonite
Ovaticeras ? sp. ammonite
Bouleiceras sp. ammonite
Bouleiceras rectum Arkell 1952 ammonite | |
| Rhynchonellata | |