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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata | |
Somalirhynchia smelliei Weir 1925 | |
Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839 | |
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 | |
? Loboidothyris vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931 | |
Gastropoda | |
Exelissa africana snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop | |
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Protocardia eduliformis Roemer 1836 cockle | |
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam | |
Astarte dancalensis n. sp.
Astarte dancalensis n. sp. Diaz-Romero 1931 clam |