Where: Eritrea (15.6° N, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 39.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101416: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia lacerata, "Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata
Barbatia lacerata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Modiola auriculata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus
"Modiola auriculata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus Krauss 1848 mussel | |
Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Circe pectinata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Mesodesma glabrata clam | |
Chama corbierei jewel box | |
Asaphis deflorata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochus dentatus Forskal 1775 top snail | |
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla, Nerita undata
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Natica mammilla moon snail | |
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus
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Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail |