Mt. Uerta (Jurassic to of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (13.8° N, 41.1° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 27.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 94572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Zittelina orbis Quenstedt 1858
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster