Agula-Dongolo (Jurassic of Ethiopia)
Where: Ethiopia (13.7° N, 39.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 13.9° S, 38.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Antalo Limestone Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: W. T. Blanford. 1870. Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94588: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
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Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
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Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
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Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Mytilus tigrensis n. sp." = Falcimytilus tigrensis, Modiolus sp., "Modiola imbricata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Mytilus tigrensis n. sp." = Falcimytilus tigrensis Blanford 1870 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
"Modiola imbricata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
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Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam | |
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Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
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? Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica Schumacher 1817 clam | |
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"Ceromya similis" = Ceratomya clam
"Ceromya paucilirata n. sp." = Ceratomya clam
Ceromya concentrica Sowerby 1825 clam | |
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Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Pholadomya sublirata n. sp. Blanford 1870 clam
Pholadomya granulifera n. sp. Blanford 1870 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma Gabb 1868 snail | |
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Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin | |
Hemicidaris abyssinica n. sp.
Hemicidaris abyssinica n. sp. Blanford 1870 sea urchin | |