Dara (Jurassic to of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (14.1° N, 41.1° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 27.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 94567: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cf. tricarinata
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
? Loboidothyris vinassai n. sp.
? Loboidothyris vinassai n. sp. Diaz-Romero 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia jordanica, Somalirhynchia africana, Somalirhynchia smelliei
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra cf. solea, "Exogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Exogyra vinassai n. sp." = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Liostrea sp.
Exogyra cf. solea Müller 1900 oyster
"Exogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Exogyra vinassai n. sp." = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
"Arctostrea aualites" = Eligmus aualites
"Arctostrea aualites" = Eligmus aualites Stefanini 1925 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha stefaninii n. sp.
Lopha stefaninii n. sp. Diaz-Romero 1931 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon egertonianus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) egertonianus
"Parallelodon egertonianus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) egertonianus Stoliczka 1865 clam