Where: Kenya (4.0° N, 41.5° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° S, 24.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dakacha Limestones Member, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
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 36505: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Globularia hennigi n. sp. snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam | |
? Eocallista sp. Douvillé 1921 clam | |
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
Palaeonucula bellozanensis n. sp.
Palaeonucula bellozanensis n. sp. nut clam |