Loc. 157, Garasgoi Hill section (Eocene of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (9.9° N, 46.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 38.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Auradu Limestone Member (Auradu Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Auradu Limestone of the Auradu series. AGE: upper Ypresian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Probably from top of cliff, about 73 m above base of Eocene.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Low-energy inner ramp, according to Carbone et al. (1993)
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology (Wackestone based on regional lithology in Carbone et al. 1993). LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Macfadyen & Hunt in 1933

• COLLECTOR: W. A. Macfadyen and J. A, Hunt (1933). REPOSITORY: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge

Primary reference: O. Haas and A. K. Miller. 1952. Eocene Nautiloids of British Somaliland. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99(5):319-354 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81773: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to nautiloids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Cimomia pusilla
Cimomia pusilla Haas and Miller 1952
Sedgk. Mus. C. 11988