Aleltu Quarry, UCMP V-98028 (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (9.5° N, 38.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 24.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mugher Mudstone Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, yellow mudstone

• "ranges from greenish to tan mudstone, including some dark carbonaceous bands above an a few indistinct plant compressions below the main quarry level"

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 48831: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Mesoeucrocodylia indet. Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Neoceratodontidae
Asiatoceratodus tiguidensis Australian lungfish
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Semionotidae indet. Woodward 1890
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch