Where: Kenya (3.0° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° S, 23.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Didimtu Beds Member, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 36455: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Africoconulus kenyanus n. sp.
Africoconulus kenyanus n. sp. | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteonina supraliasica n. sp.
Acteonina supraliasica n. sp. snail | |
Purpuroidea supraliasica n. sp.
Purpuroidea supraliasica n. sp. periwinkle | |
Discohelix didimtuensis n. sp.
Discohelix didimtuensis n. sp. snail | |
Hamusina thompsoni n. sp.
Hamusina thompsoni n. sp. snail | |
Trochopsidea africana n. sp.
Trochopsidea africana n. sp. snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"? Eotrapezium africanum n. sp." = Isocyprina (Eotrapezium), "? Eotrapezium thompsoni n. sp." = Isocyprina (Eotrapezium), Anisocardia arkelli n. sp., Anisocardia didimtuensis n. sp., Anisocardia ayersi n. sp.
"? Eotrapezium africanum n. sp." = Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) clam
"? Eotrapezium thompsoni n. sp." = Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) clam
Anisocardia arkelli n. sp. clam
Anisocardia didimtuensis n. sp. clam
Anisocardia ayersi n. sp. clam | |
Protocardia africana n. sp.
Protocardia africana n. sp. cockle | |
Pleuromya didimtuensis n. sp.
Pleuromya didimtuensis n. sp. clam | |
Corbula didimtuensis n. sp.
Corbula didimtuensis n. sp. clam | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Astarte subminima n. sp., Astarte sp., Astarte hobleyi n. sp., Astarte lurida, Astarte pulfreyi n. sp., Astarte didimtuensis n. sp.
Astarte subminima n. sp. clam
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astarte hobleyi n. sp. clam
Astarte lurida clam
Astarte pulfreyi n. sp. clam
Astarte didimtuensis n. sp. clam | |
"Weyla ambongoensis" = Pecten ambongoensis
"Weyla ambongoensis" = Pecten ambongoensis Thevenin 1908 scallop | |
Lopha costata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Gervillella didimtuensis n. sp.
Gervillella didimtuensis n. sp. oyster | |
Grammatodon kenyanus n. sp.
Grammatodon kenyanus n. sp. clam | |
Modiolus sowerbianus mussel | |
Nuculana kenyana n. sp., Nuculana thompsoni n. sp.
Nuculana kenyana n. sp. pointed nut clam
Nuculana thompsoni n. sp. Cox 1965 pointed nut clam | |