Mukhroh Well, Hais (Eocene of Somalia)

Also known as Reef 2128

Where: Somalia (10.9° N, 46.9° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 39.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. H. Latham. 1929. Jurassic and Kainozoic corals from Somaliland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 56:273-290 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71064: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.04.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia haisensis n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina" lortphillipsi Gregory 1896 stony coral