Marajum Valley (Jurassic to of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (14.0° N, 41.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 27.1° 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 94575: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
? Loboidothyris vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte dancalensis n. sp. Diaz-Romero 1931 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia eduliformis Roemer 1836 cockle
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop