Tagfidadaedi (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (7.6° N, 42.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° S, 26.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• yellow sandy limestone, Corallian facies

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: E. Basse. 1930. Contribution a l'etude du Jurassique superieur (facies Corallien) en Ethiopie et en Arabie meridionale [Studies about the Upper Jurassic (Corallian facies) in Ethiopia and southern Arabia]. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 14:105-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94498: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
"Hoplites (Blanfordia) cf. cerebrant" = Blanfordiceras
"Hoplites (Blanfordia) cf. cerebrant" = Blanfordiceras ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes (Virgatites) cf. dorsoplanus, "Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) dacquei n. sp." = Virgatosphinctes
"Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) dacquei n. sp." = Virgatosphinctes ammonite
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo bozasi n. sp.
Turbo bozasi n. sp. Basse 1930 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp.
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Alaria jacobi n. sp.
Alaria jacobi n. sp. Basse 1930 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea cf. desvoidyi
Nerinea cf. desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte brumpti n. sp., Astarte stefanini n. sp.
Astarte brumpti n. sp. Basse 1930 clam
Astarte stefanini n. sp. Basse 1930 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina somalica n. sp.
Lucina somalica n. sp. Basse 1930 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp.
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima harronis" = Plagiostoma harronis
"Lima harronis" = Plagiostoma harronis Dacque 1905 file clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon egertonianus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) egertonianus
"Parallelodon egertonianus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) egertonianus Stoliczka 1865 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola subangustissima" = Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus
"Modiola subangustissima" = Mytilus (Modiola) subangustissimus Dacque 1905 mussel
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis
"Nucula cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776