Khor Ambado (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

Where: Djibouti (11.6° N, 43.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 43.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96786: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea forskali Chemnitz 1785 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Pterocera cf. millepeda" = Lambis, "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Pterocera cf. millepeda" = Lambis conch
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus (Tectus) dentatus Forskal 1775 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo (Marmarostoma) coronatus snail
var. crenifera
"Turbo radiatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita (Pila) undata Linnaeus 1758 snail