Agula-Dongolo (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (13.7° N, 39.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 26.6° E)

• 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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma Gabb 1868 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"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
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Pholadomya granulifera n. sp. Blanford 1870 clam
Pholadomya sublirata n. sp. Blanford 1870 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
"Ceromya similis" = Ceratomya, "Ceromya paucilirata n. sp." = Ceratomya, Ceromya concentrica
"Ceromya similis" = Ceratomya clam
"Ceromya paucilirata n. sp." = Ceratomya clam
Ceromya concentrica Sowerby 1825 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
? Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica Schumacher 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia costata clam
var. pullus
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hemicidaris abyssinica n. sp. Blanford 1870 sea urchin