Jema River North, UCMP V-98029: Tithonian, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodontidae indet.
Gill 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Acrocanthosaurus sp.
Stovall and Langston 1950
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Tetanurae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Carrano et al. 2012 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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aff. Dromaeosaurinae indet.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "possible dromaeosaurine affinities" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Mesoeucrocodylia indet.
Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis sp.
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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Pelomedusidae indet.
Cope 1868
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Pleurosternidae indet.
Cope 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia | State/province: | Shewa |
| Coordinates: | 9.5° North, 38.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.3° South, 24.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mugher Mudstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Jemma River | ||
| Database number: | 48832 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-30 14:45:12 | Last modified: | 2005-03-31 09:39:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-30 14:45:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13013. | ETE | M. B. Goodwin, W. A. Clemens, J. H. Hutchison, C. B. Wood, M. S. Zavada, A. Kemp, C. J. Duffin and C. R. Schaff. 1999. Mesozoic continental vertebrates with associated palynostratigraphic dates from the northwestern Ethiopian plateau. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):728-741 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 41617 | M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |