Bender Cassim area, Procladocora biolithite facies (Cretaceous of Somalia)

Also known as Reef 1277

Where: Somalia (11.0° N, 49.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 40.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Auradu Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• lower Auradu Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Procladocora biostromes

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. M. Pons, J. H. Schroeder, R. Höfling and E. Moussavian. 1992. Upper Cretaceous rudist assemblages in northern Somalia. Geologica Romana 28:219-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74509: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp.
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haddonia sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Procladocora sp.
Procladocora sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Trechmannellidae
Dictyoptychus paronai
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Sauvagesia somalica, Praeradiolites boucheroni, Praeradiolites cf. leymeriei, Praeradiolites hoeninghausi, Bournonia quadrata, Lapeirousella orientalis
Praeradiolites hoeninghausi Desmoulins 1826 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippuritella ex gr. toucasi, Hippurites cornucopiae
Hippurites cornucopiae Defrance 1821 rudist
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Apricardia sp.
Apricardia sp. Guéranger 1853 rudist