Where: Somalia (9.2° N, 50.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 45.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gheldeis Formation (Hafún Group), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gheldeis Fm [enterers usage] of the Hafún Series [group?], and presumably regionally overlies Late Eocene strata and is overlain by the Gianti Fm [enterers usage] (Early Oligocene). AGE: Early Oligocene, equivalent to Stampien and middle Nari according to author on the basis of larger formaniferal and molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated. REPOSITORY: Museo dell' Istituto Geologico dell' Universitá di Firenze.
Primary reference: A. Azzaroli. 1958. L'Oligocene e il Miocene della Somalia. Stratigrafia, Tettonica, Paleontologia (Macroforaminferi, Coralli, Molluschi). Palaeontolographia Italica 52:1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79048: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
"Venus aglaurae" = Antigona aglaurae
"Venus aglaurae" = Antigona aglaurae Brongniart 1823 venus clam | |
"Cardium sindiense" = Cardium (Trachycardium) sindiense
"Cardium sindiense" = Cardium (Trachycardium) sindiense Vredenburg 1928 cockle | |
"Kuphus cf. polythalamius" = Kuphus polythalamia
"Kuphus cf. polythalamius" = Kuphus polythalamia Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Cardita rovereti" = Glans rovereti
"Cardita rovereti" = Glans rovereti Vredenburg 1928 clam | |
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Spondylus mucronatus Azzaroli 1958 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium sp., "Cerithium naricum" = Bellatara narica
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
"Cerithium naricum" = Bellatara narica Vredenburg 1925 cerith snail | |
Ampullonatica sp., "Ampullospira oweni" = Pachycrommium oweni
Ampullonatica sp. Sacco 1890 snail
"Ampullospira oweni" = Pachycrommium oweni d'Archiac and Haime 1854 snail | |
"Cassidaria sp." = Galeodea Link 1807 snail
Cassis nummulitiphila Sacco 1890 snail
Cassis retusa Michelotti 1861 snail | |
"Cypraea subexcisa" = Apiocypraea subexcisa
"Cypraea subexcisa" = Apiocypraea subexcisa Braun 1840 snail | |
"Strombus radix" = Persististrombus radix
"Strombus radix" = Persististrombus radix Brongniart 1823 true conch | |
Conus carcarensis, "Conus ineditus" = Conus (Lithoconus) ineditus
Conus carcarensis Sacco 1893 cone shell
"Conus ineditus" = Conus (Lithoconus) ineditus Michelotti 1861 cone shell | |
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789 snail | |
"Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans
"Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans Brongniart 1823 carrier shell | |
Foraminifera | |