Where: Somalia (10.6° N, 43.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° S, 27.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: basal Member (Sa Wer Formation), Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 163.5 Ma)
• samples 78-87
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
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 100385: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Ptyctothyris quillyensis Bayle 1879 | |
Daghanirhynchia subversabilis Weir 1925 | |
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea costellata Douvillé 1916 oyster | |
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
Crinoidea | |
Millericrinus sp. d'Orbigny 1840 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemicidaris gregoryi sea urchin | |
Recrosalenia somaliensis Currie 1935 sea urchin | |
Clypeus williei sea urchin |