Where: Somalia (9.5° N, 50.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 45.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gianti Formation (Hafún Group), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gianti Fm [enterers usage] of the Hafún Series [group?], and presumably regionally overlies the Gheldeis Fm [enterers usage] (Early Oligocene) and is overlain by the Tavo Fm [enterers usage] (Late Oligocene). AGE: Early Oligocene, equivalent to Stampien and middle Nari according to author on the basis of larger formaniferal and molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed G, near the top of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Merla

• COLLECTOR: G. Merla. REPOSITORY: Museo dell' Istituto Geologico dell' Universitá di Firenze.

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79040: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.02.2008

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