Where: Ethiopia (9.1° N, 41.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 28.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Graua Limestone Member (Amba Aradam Formation), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, yellow marl and calcareous wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Bosellini, A. Russo, and R. Schroeder. 1999. Stratigraphic evidence for an Early Aptian sea-level fluctuation: the Graua Limestone of south-eastern Ethiopia. Cretaceous Research 20:783-791 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46586: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 20.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria (Leptomaria) amadeisabaudiae" = Leptomaria
"Pleurotomaria (Leptomaria) amadeisabaudiae" = Leptomaria snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya picteti clam | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop |