Where: Somalia (9.3° N, 50.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 46.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tavo Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-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 123807: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.01.2012

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