Also known as Reef 3594

Where: Somalia (8.0° N, 49.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 46.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian to Chattian (28.1 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Bosellini, A. Russo, M. A. Arush and M. M. Cabdulqadir. 1987. The Oligo-Miocene of Eil (NE Somalia): a prograding coral-Lepidocyclina system. Journal of African Earth Sciences 6(4):583-593 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71068: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.04.2007, edited by Mark Uhen

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