Where: Djibouti (11.6° N, 43.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 43.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96786: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
"Pterocera cf. millepeda" = Lambis, "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Pterocera cf. millepeda" = Lambis conch
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Purpura (Thalessa) savignyi murex snail | |
Melongena paradisiaca snail | |
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail | |
Nerita (Pila) undata Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) coronatus, "Turbo radiatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus, Turbo (Marmarostoma) granulatus
"Turbo radiatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus Gmelin 1791 snail
Turbo (Marmarostoma) granulatus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Trochus (Tectus) dentatus Forskal 1775 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Ostrea forskali Chemnitz 1785 oyster | |
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle |