Where: Somalia (10.2° N, 43.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.1° S, 28.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Daghani Shale Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• sample 234
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale and lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: E. Abbate, G. Ficcarelli, C. Pirini Radrizzani, A. Salvietti, D. Torre and A. Turi. 1974. Jurassic sequences from the Somali coast of the Gulf of Aden. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 80(3):409-478 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100375: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Aspidoceras mombasense ammonite |