Where: Somalia (8.0° N, 49.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 45.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tavo Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123806: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites multilamellata Gregory 1925 stony coral | |
Meandrina africana Zuffardi-Comerci 1937 stony coral | |
Hydnophora cristatoseriata Zuffardi-Comerci 1937 stony coral | |
Diploria bellardii stony coral |