Where: Djibouti (12.0° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 43.2° 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: reef, buildup or bioherm; 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 96790: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Chama brassica Reeve 1847 jewel box
Chama cf. aspersa Reeve 1846 jewel box
Chama lazarus Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Ostrea forskali, "Ostrea crenulifera" = Dendostrea crenulifera
Ostrea forskali Chemnitz 1785 oyster
"Ostrea crenulifera" = Dendostrea crenulifera Sowerby 1873 oyster | |
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Spondylus coccineus, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
Spondylus coccineus scallop
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Conus (Chelyconus) catus" = Conus catus
"Conus (Chelyconus) catus" = Conus catus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell |