ammonites
Tagfidadaedi (Jurassic of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (7.6° N, 42.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.4° S, 26.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• yellow sandy limestone, Corallian facies

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: E. Basse. 1930. Contribution a l'etude du Jurassique superieur (facies Corallien) en Ethiopie et en Arabie meridionale [Studies about the Upper Jurassic (Corallian facies) in Ethiopia and southern Arabia]. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 14:105-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94498: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2010