Where: Ethiopia (9.1° N, 41.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 28.5° E)
When: Graua Limestone Member (Amba Aradam Formation), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, burrowed wackestone and yellow marl
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. Bosellini, A. Russo, and R. Schroeder. 1999. Stratigraphic evidence for an Early Aptian sea-level fluctuation: the Graua Limestone of south-eastern Ethiopia. Cretaceous Research 20:783-791 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46588: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 20.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•limestone = all others
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra couloni, "Exogyra flabellata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum
Exogyra couloni oyster
"Exogyra flabellata" = Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster | |
Chondrodonta cf. joannae scallop | |
Atreta melleni scallop | |
Neithea morrisi Pictet and Renevier 1858 scallop | |
Foraminifera | |