Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 41.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 21.2° S, 35.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Murri Limestones Member, Bathonian (168.2 - 165.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1965. Jurassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from Tanganyika and Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement I [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36457: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster | |
Chlamys curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop | |
Plagiostoma biiniensis n. sp.
Plagiostoma biiniensis n. sp. file clam | |
Brachidontes asper Sowerby 1818 mussel |