Where: Kenya (3.7° N, 41.2° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 23.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Seir Limestones Member, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 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 36491: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Meleagrinella radiata scallop | |
Mactromya quadrata Rollier 1913 clam |