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Zeila District, Awdal, Somaliland, Somaliai
Regional Level Types
Zeila DistrictDistrict
AwdalRegion
SomalilandDisputed Territory
SomaliaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
469327
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:469327:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Zeila, Awdal, Somaliland, Somalie
Simplified Chinese:
泽拉区, 奥达勒州, 索马里兰, 索马里
Arabic:
زيلع, عدل, صوماليلاند, الصومال
Cebuano:
Zeila District, Gobolka Awdal
Dutch:
Zeila, Awdal, Somaliland, Somalië
Japanese:
ゼイラ地区, アウダル州, ソマリランド, ソマリア
Sinhalese:
සීලා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, සෝමාලිලෑන්ඩ්
Somali:
Degmada Saylac, Awdal, Somaliland
Ukrainian:
Сайле, Авдал, Сомаліленд, Сомалі
Urdu:
زیلع ضلع, عدل علاقہ, صومالی لینڈ
Zulu:
Zeila District


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Fossils

There are 22 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences22
Youngest Fossil Listed164 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed168 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Sa Wer - basal22166.1 - 163.5 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ampullina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Ampullina166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Lambis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Strombidae : Lambis166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Millericrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Millericrinida : Millericrinus168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Hemicidaris
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Hemicidaridae : Hemicidaris168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Clypeus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Clypeidae : Clypeus168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Palaeonucula : Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Apiocrinus
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Millericrinida : Apiocrinidae : Apiocrinus166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Amphiastrea piriformis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastraeidae : Amphiastrea : Amphiastrea piriformis166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Daghanirhynchia subversabilis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Daghanirhynchia : Daghanirhynchia subversabilis168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Nerinea somaliensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerineidae : Nerinea : Nerinea somaliensis166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Arcomytilus laitmairensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Arcomytilus : Arcomytilus laitmairensis166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Gryphaea costellata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Gryphaea : Gryphaea costellata168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Plagiostoma harronis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Plagiostoma : Plagiostoma harronis166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Mactromya aequalis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Mactromyidae : Mactromya : Mactromya aequalis166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Eligmus rollandi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Malleidae : Eligmus : Eligmus rollandi168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Globularia coxi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Globularia : Globularia coxi166.1 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Recrosalenia somaliensis
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Phymosomatoida : Heterodiadematidae : Recrosalenia : Recrosalenia somaliensis168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Ptyctothyris quillyensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Loboidothyrididae : Ptyctothyris : Ptyctothyris quillyensis168.3 - 163.5 Ma
Middle Jurassic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeila_District
Wikidata ID:Q8068572
GeoNames ID:9179623


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