Jablonski & Raup Locality 230 (Cretaceous of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (10.3° N, 49.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.5° S, 47.6° E (Wright 2013)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: D. Jablonski and D. M. Raup. 1999. Unpublished data on Cretaceous-Paleocene molluscan assemblages. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/A. Hendy]more details

PaleoDB collection 1399: authorized by Dave Jablonski, entered by Dave Jablonski on 06.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

• history: added by DJ 1994, with position assumed constant rel to Egypt
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Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula sp.
Bicorbula sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium productum
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Apricardia sp.
Apricardia sp. Guéranger 1853 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
"Hippurites radiosus" = Hippuritella lapeirousei, Hippurites somalicus, Hippurites cornucopiae, Vaccinites sp.
"Hippurites radiosus" = Hippuritella lapeirousei Goldfuss 1840 rudist
Hippurites cornucopiae Defrance 1821 rudist
Vaccinites sp. Fischer 1887 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Praeradiolites boucheroni, Praeradiolites sp., Praeradiolites hoeninghausi, Hardaghia quadrata, Dechaseauxia costata, Sauvagesia attenuata, Sauvagesia somolica, Durania inornata, Biradiolites royanus
Praeradiolites sp. Douvillé 1902 rudist
Praeradiolites hoeninghausi Desmoulins 1826 rudist
 Hippuritida - Trechmannellidae
Dictyoptychus sp.
Dictyoptychus sp. Douvillé 1905 rudist
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp.
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus subserratus
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Oscillopha dichotoma
Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Trochoceramus somaliensis