Where: Eritrea (14.3° N, 41.1° E: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 27.3° 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 94568: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Plectoidothyris engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918 | |
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella, "? Lophrothyris suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis
"Lophrothyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
"? Lophrothyris suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis Thurmann 1862 | |
? Loboidothyris vinassai Diaz-Romero 1931 | |
Zeilleria humeralis Roemer 1839 | |
Somalirhynchia smelliei, Somalirhynchia africana, "Kallirhynchia cavagnarii n. sp." = Burmirhynchia cavagnarii, "? Kallirhynchia weiri n. sp." = Burmirhynchia weiri
Somalirhynchia smelliei Weir 1925
Somalirhynchia africana Weir 1925
"Kallirhynchia cavagnarii n. sp." = Burmirhynchia cavagnarii Diaz-Romero 1931
"? Kallirhynchia weiri n. sp." = Burmirhynchia weiri Diaz-Romero 1931 | |
Polychaeta | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus cf. autissiodorensis, "Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis
Mytilus cf. autissiodorensis Cotteau 1853 mussel
"Mytilus laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel | |
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Exogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Exogyra vinassai" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Exogyra fourtaui" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Exogyra vinassai" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
"Lopha pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha cf. solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha pulligera" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha cf. solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus
"Entolium demissum" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop |