ammonites
Sa Warabis, 195-203 (Jurassic of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (10.2° N, 43.1° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° S, 27.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: basal Member (Sa Wer Formation), Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• samples 195-203

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified marl

• well-bedded yellowish calcarenite and sandy marls, very fine, light gray limestones, sometimes dolomitized

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: E. Abbate, G. Ficcarelli, C. Pirini Radrizzani, A. Salvietti, D. Torre and A. Turi. 1974. Jurassic sequences from the Somali coast of the Gulf of Aden. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 80(3):409-478 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100368: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2010